David Crockett sold his rifle in 1806 to a man by the name of James McCuistion, who lived in the neighborhood of the Crockett's in Jefferson County, East Tennessee. Later in 1880's the rifle had traveled west with a son of this McCuiston. In 1940 a owner of the rifle by the name S. H. Gwinn had placed it in at a museum in Oklahoma. In 1978 Joe and Art Swann succeeded to find the rifle and buy it. Now it is back to East Tennessee and on display at Museum of East Tennessee History in Knoxville.
Rifle specs:
Overall length - 60 -1/4". Originally 62"
Swamped barell 44" in length. Originally 46"
At muszzle barrel is 15/16" acros the flats, at the breech the barrel is 1-1/16" across the flats indicating that 2" may have been cut from the muzzle at some point.
.48 caliber seven groove rifled barrel.
