Original U.S. Pennsylvania Percussion Rifle by J. Hillegas with British Trade Lock - circa 1840 MG 34 Accessories with a solid refinished stock

with a solid refinished stock and metalwork with a nice gray patina

Fully tempered blades

acceptance markings and issued them for their own War Effort

with the two piece trigger guard and standard ramrod

It was quickly adopted and adapted by the Infantry as an aid to drill

Original U.S. Pennsylvania Percussion Rifle by J. Hillegas with British Trade Lock - circa 1840 MG 34 Accessories with a solid refinished stockOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This just came out of the attic after a hundred years of storage together with a couple of hundred other guns. Here is an octagonal barreled Rifled "Kentucky" style rifle, which more correctly is known as a Pennsylvania Rifle. It was actually constructed using a BRITISH TRADE percussion lock mechanism, which is marked JOSEPH GOLCHER on the plate. Joseph Golcher of King Street, Darlston, Staffordshire, England was a