Rifle

Object Name:

Rifle

Object ID:

1975.590

Place of Origin:

New England

Date:

1800

Description:

Muzzle-loading, percussion cap rifle with octagonal barrel. Barrel length: 38.5": .56 caliber. Brass capped wooden ramrod intact. Fully stocked, fastened to barrel by 3 keys. Fixed front and rear gunsights. Iron furniture is browned: barrel, lockplate, hammer, trigger. Silver bright work around escutcheon plate area. Brass furniture: 3 tube-shaped ramrod pipes, trigger guard with elevated handgrip, oval sideplate and half-crescent sideplate, curved butt plate with 2.6" tang on top, 3.1" tang on bottom of butt stock, hinged patch box cover, and nosecap. Raised carved cheekrest, left of stock.
MARKINGS: lockplate, rear of cock, design resembling sunrise over a cornfield is incised. Ramrod pipes have decorative ring incised at each end.

Material:

Wood
Metal
Iron
Brass

Dimensions:

L-53.75 inches

Provenance:

Found in Collection

Credit Line:

New Ha;mpshire Historical Society Collection

Subjects:

Rifles, Target practice