Rifle
- Object Name:
- Rifle
- Object ID:
- 1963.046
- Date:
- 1850
- Description:
- Muzzle-loading, percussion cap rifle with octagonal-round barrel. Barrel length 17.25". Barrel is octagonal for 6.25" from breech, at which point it continues, round in shape, to muzzle. Gun is fully stocked. Barrel is pin-fastened to black painted stock. Iron under-hammer percussion cap lock. Furniture appears to be lead: barrel, curved butt plate with 2" tang on comb, 2.25" tang on underside of stock, curved rectangular fitting on left side of stock, diamond-shaped insets surrounding pin-fastenings for barrel. Brass furniture on comb of stock: one rectangular, one diamond-shaped inset; underside of Stock butt: 2 square insets. Rectangular brass inset around hammer. Probably a home-made child's toy.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal
Brass - Dimensions:
- L-29.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Liberty Chapter, D.A.R., Tilton, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Liberty Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution
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