Original U.S. Half Stocked Percussion Rifle by H.B. Howe with Trade Lock by Golcher & Set Trigger c. 1840 Hotchkiss MG We note all measurements in

We note all measurements in the description

Measuring about 27 1/4 inches overall

There do look to be some expertly executed repairs near the muzzle from the working life of the blunderbuss

9–10 August

- Multiple original wartime newspaper articles including the two quoted above

Original U.S. Half Stocked Percussion Rifle by H.B. Howe with Trade Lock by Golcher & Set Trigger c. 1840 Hotchkiss MG We note all measurements inOriginal Item: Only One Available. Just purchased at a recent military auction! Here is an octagonal barreled very nice "Pennsylvania" style rifle, often referred to as a "Kentucky" Rifle. The design developed in Pennsylvania, and then spread down the Ohio River Valley to Kentucky, where it was very popular. It has a heavy . 39" caliber octagonal barrel with 6 groove rifling, one of the standard calibers we usually see these in. it is signed on top of