Rifle
- Object Name:
- Rifle
- Object ID:
- 1975.573
- Creator:
- Barnes, J.
- Place of Origin:
- United States
- Date:
- 1850
- Description:
- Muzzle-loading, percussion cap rifle. Octagonal barrel, 28.6" long, .38 caliber. Brass-tipped, wooden ramrod intact. Half-stocked, attached to barrel by one key. Iron furniture is browned: 2 tube-shaped ramrod pipes, barrel, hammer, lockplate, nosecap, forward gunsight, lever of rear gunsight. Brass furniture: rear ramrod pipe, oval sideplates on either side of keyhole, trigger guard with elevated handgrip, rectangular trigger guard bow, patch box cover with long tail, oval plate on underside of butt stock, butt plate with 2 1/4" tang on top, 3 1/4" tang on bottom, octagonal sideplate on right side of butt stock. Raised oval cheekpiece on left side of butt stock.
MARKINGS: Lockplate, "J. Barnes", barrel, "J. Barnes, Maker, Orange" and decorative, incised scrollwork. Rear ramrod pipe has decorative rings incised at each end and in center. Cross-hatching on both sides of forestock and on both sides of stock's wrist. - Material:
- Wood
Metal
Iron
Brass - Dimensions:
- L-44.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Found in Collection
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Armament, Target practice, Firearms, Rifles
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