Rifle
- Object Name:
- Rifle
- Object ID:
- 1975.583
- Place of Origin:
- Germany?
- Date:
- circa 1800
- Description:
- Muzzle-loading, flintlock rifle with octagonal-round, rifled barrel (barrel length: 24.1"; .69 caliber. Barrel is octagonal for 11" from breech. Gun is half-stocked. Barrel is pin fastened to stock. Iron furniture is browned: barrel; trigger guard; curled trigger; lockplate; faceted flashpan; cock with oval jaws. Wooden ramrod is intact.
Markings: Foliated incising on stock, near nosecap and behind barrel tang, and on lockplate. - Material:
- Wood
Metal - Dimensions:
- L-38.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Found in Collection
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Horace W. Harmon
- People:
- Harmon, Horace W. (1844-1911)
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