Rifle, Target
- Object Name:
- Rifle, Target
- Object ID:
- 1975.577
- Place of Origin:
- United States?
- Date:
- 1850
- Description:
- Muzzle-loading, percussion cap target rifle. Octagonal barrel, 27.5" long, .44 caliber. Fixed front and rear gunsights. Fully stocked. Iron furniture is browned: barrel, lock, lockplate, trigger, set trigger. Brass furniture: trigger guard with elevated handgrip, rectangular trigger guard bow, curved butt plate with 3" tang on top, 4.9" on bottom. Silver furniture: Oval sideplate, scrolled triangular sideplate on left side of stock, three ramrod pipes (forward two are tube-shaped, rear pipe has decorative rings incised at each end and in center). Two silver keys attach barrel to stock, silver plates inset beside keys on both sides.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal
Iron
Brass
Silver - Dimensions:
- L-44.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Heavy octagonal barrel, set trigger, and gunsights typical of mid-19th-century target rifle.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Armament, Target practice, Firearms, Rifles
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