Rifle
- Object Name:
- Rifle
- Object ID:
- 1975.553
- Creator:
- Gardner & Schutte
- Place of Origin:
- Chillicothe, OH
- Date:
- 1836-1839
- Description:
- Muzzle-loading percussion cap rifle. Octagonal barrel 36.75" long, .375 caliber. Barrel is pin fastened to stock, half stocked. Fixed front and rear gunsights. All iron furniture is browned: barrel, lockplate, 2 tubular ramrod pipes. Silver nosecap. Brass furniture: trigger guard with elevated hand grip, sideplate (very small, in the shape of 'half an oval'), curved butt plate 2.25" tang.
MARKINGS: "GARDNER AND SCHUTTE Chillecothe, O" on lockplate. Decorative scrollwork is incised forward of and behind the hammer. - Material:
- Wood, Metal
Iron
Brass
Silver - Dimensions:
- L-52.4 inches
- Provenance:
- Found in Collection
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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