Guns of Early New England?

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I saw Hickok's video about the Lyman Great Plains rifle a couple weeks ago and I've been thinking - what kind of rifles or muskets or shotguns would people in New England be using around the time of the Revolution, the War of 1812 and the Aroostook War? Were there any famous New England gun companies or smiths?
 
The overwhelming majority would have been either individual pieces made by smiths, or captured British stock after the war. Maybe a smattering of Brown Besses left over from the 7 Years War, but if those were any good they'd have still been in British service.

I believe the US government let its first musket contract in 1798, to Eli Whitney, but at the time he'd never made a gun before. His factory, which I think was in New Haven, would probably have been the first of what you'd call a local "gun company;" it made very crappy muskets until about 1825, by which time the .gov was making them in arsenals here and there. I've got no idea whether civilians would have gotten ahold of any of Whitney's guns.

Of course, guns were being made at Springfield long before 1798, but those were only for the War Department.
 
Most were small caliber, smooth bore. Specially before the civil war. They were used for hunting and they were expensive.
 
I think a man named Pratt in Lexington was making rifles at that time.

Concord, maybe? From the text I linked:

PRATT, Alvan — Concord, Mass., gun maker, was born at Sherborn,
Mass., Nov. 23, 1790, and served his apprenticeship at the Whitte-
more gun factory in Sutton, Mass. After serving full time as
apprentice and some months as journeyman, went into business
with his brother Nathaniel, also a gunsmith, in Water town; how-
ever, they failed and Alvan returned to Sutton. His establish-
ment prospered for a while, then was burned out, after which he
returned to Concord, his birthplace, where he remained until his
death Jan. 20, 1877.

Pratt was well known for the accuracy of his rifles and excel-
lent quality of his products. However, being over-conservative,
if not actually old fashioned, he was opposed to improvements
and new machinery, and gradually his custom fell off and the
last ten years of his life were spent in repair work.

A musket lock-plate marked "A. PRATT" is described by
Mr. Walter White, which though converted to percussion shows
the characteristics of a Model 1795 musket. Certainly the arm is
of not later than 1808 vintage. In view of Alvan Pratt's birth
in 1790, it is not likely that he is the maker. An Asa Pratts
blacksmith, was located in Essex County, Mass., in 1756-1811.
There is no record known to date of Pratt contract.
 
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