Rifle
- Object Name:
- Rifle
- Object ID:
- 1966.552
- Creator:
- Ashmore & Son
- Place of Origin:
- Pennsylvania
- Date:
- circa 1800
- Description:
- Smooth-bore, percussion cap rifle with octagonal-round barrel (barrel length: 46.1", .63 caliber). Gun is fully stocked: butt stock extends 13" from breech of barrel towards muzzle, and ends with a brass nose cap. From this point a square-shaped strip of wood extends to the muzzle, to which the ramrod is attached. Barrel is pin fastened to stock. Brass capped wooden ramrod is intact. Fixed front and rear gunsights. Iron furniture includes: barrel (octagonal for 10" from breech), lockplate, trigger guard, butt plate with 4.75" tang, rear ramrod pipe with triangular tail let into stock. Iron furniture has a bright finish. Stock nosecap and two tube shaped ramrod pipes are brass. Cross-hatching on wrist of stock.
Markings on lockplate: "R. Ashmore and Son Warranted". Decorative leafy scrollwork incised at breech of barrel, lockplate, hammer, trigger guard, butt plate tang. Proof marks on barrel: "JA" surmounted by crown, and a crown over crossed swords. - Material:
- Wood
Metal
Brass
Iron - Dimensions:
- L-46.125 inches
- Provenance:
- Gun was tagged with Copley Amory's name and address. It is presumed the gun was given by this man.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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