During the Revolutionary War
The British issued 1,000 Pattern 1776 rifles to both Tory units and units of the British Army. One unit, the Queens Rangers (raised by Robert Rogers of Rogers' Rangers Fame) received 16 rifles; making them the first green jacketed riflemen in the British Army (the Royal Green Jackets were not pleased when I shared that bit of trivia with them).
De Witt Bailey's book, British Flintlock Rifles, has photographs of the Pattern 1776 as well as identifying the units that received them. Colonial Williamsburg had one on loan to their collection and the NY State Museum system has a reproduction which they used to bring out for Show 'n Tell. The fort I saw it at was closed for budgetary reasons so I don't know where it's at now.
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