List of U.S. state firearms

The adoption was supported by Republican Utah State Representative Carl Wimmer, who said, "It does capture a portion of Utah's history" and "even bigger than that, it captures a portion of American history.

This rifle is kept at Grouseland, the home of President William Henry Harrison and was made between 1803 and 1812 by John Small, who later became the first sheriff in the state.

[5] In July 2014, Alaska adopted the pre-1964 Winchester Model 70 rifle as its state firearm.

The bill, sponsored by Senate President Charlie Huggins, refers to the gun as the "rifleman's rifle."

The bill says the gun helped Alaskans "establish a firm foothold" in the wilderness between 1930 and 1963.