Rifle
- Object Name:
- Rifle
- Object ID:
- 1966.545.739
- Creator:
- Whitney, Eli
Gunsmith - Place of Origin:
- New Haven, CT
- Date:
- 1849
- Description:
- Rifle. Eli Whitney Model 1841 Percussion Contract Rifle, or "Mississippi Rifle"; .54 caliber; 33" rounded barrel; muzzle-loading; barrel attached to forestock by two brass bands and two retaining springs; fixed brass front sight and iron rear sight; trumpet-headed ramrod stored in underside forestock; brass furniture includes: two barrel bands, trigger guard, S-shaped sideplate, butt plate, 2" tang and patchbox; "E. WHITNEY / US" stamped on lockplate, forward of cock; "N. HAVEN / 1849" stamped on lockplate, rear of cock; "US" stamped on butt tang; "VP", "SK" proof marks on barrel, left of cock; two indistinguishable inspectors marks on left side of stock above trigger.
- Material:
- Metal
Wood
Brass
Iron - Dimensions:
- L-48.5 inches
- Provenance:
- From the Horace W. Harmon Collection. Harmon catalog entry #739: "Whitney brass mounted Military Rifle, date 1864. From Josephus Drake Auction".
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Horace W. Harmon
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