Olympic Arms is a good runner up to Detonics. They were pioneers in the development of the AR pistol. In particular, the OA-98. This was a direct F-U to the 1994 assault weapons ban.

So... at the range one day watching a feller shoot an antique (looking?) black powder rifle, and after inquiring about the provenance of said rifle... he embarked on a story (tale?) the details of which, in my addled recollection went something like this:

Back in the Washington state "indian wars" there was an incident - like a homestead being burned or some such other act which was viewed as an "indian" insurrection or act of war - folks took to self defense...

but lacking the means to arm their newly formed militia, or posse... the men assembled at a Yakima(?) general store which, at the time sold these black powder guns and had some few of them in stock.

Now these homesteaders took those guns into the skirmish; the rest being history.

Now the thing is, me having other things on my mind that day, filed the story in the back of my mind for further examination at a later date. Problem is, since I imperfectly recalled the details of that story, my subsequent research into the matter was i initiated with a poor foundation, and while I have attempted to substantiate his story, I failed to find the rifle or account of the events he related.

As I recall, he said the name brand of the rifle was Star, or Starr.

In any event, my nomination for a State gun would be a rifle used in those early days. A Star rifle from that incident if in fact one exists.

Polymer80. Been pretty popular in police evidence photos lately.

Sounds like NWFA's Andy in Everson's kinda thing. If you have an account there maybe ask him?

I'm a no-account.