Rifle, Half-Stock
- Object Name:
- Rifle, Half-Stock
- Object ID:
- 1966.554.01
- Place of Origin:
- United States
- Date:
- 1800-1825
- Description:
- Muzzle-loading rifle with percussion cap lock, converted from flintlock, with octagonal-round barrel. (Barrel: 28.9", caliber of .56). Barrel is octagonal for 6.5" from breech, at which point it continues, round in shape to muzzle, where front sight is located. Wooden ramrod is intact. Gun is half-stocked, and barrel is pin fastened to stock. All furniture is iron; all iron is blued: barrel, 2 ramrod pipes (forward pipe is tubular in shape, and fused to barrel; rear pipe is inletted into stock, with short tail); lockplate; trigger guard; flat butt-plate with 3" tang. A tiny shield-shaped brass escutcheon is located at rear of barrel tang.
Markings: Cross hatching on wrist of gunstock. At breech end of barrel: initials "ELG" are incised within a circle. - Material:
- Wood
Metal
Brass
Iron - Dimensions:
- L-42.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Rifle was tagged, "Property of George Beebe", and "from Howard Beebe Ross."
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Howard Beebe Ross
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