Original U.S. Pennsylvania Percussion Long Rifle with Faux Tiger Striping and Brass Patch Box - c.1840 Feed Block Assembly Original Item: Only One Available:

Original Item: Only One Available: This is a very interesting Musket that started life as a standard 39" barreled Flintlock Brown Bess either of East India Company issue Model 1771 (Windus Pattern) or as a 1796 India Pattern issued to British troops all over the world

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The 17" blade made this one of the most feared of Infantry Bayonets used in WW1 and this lovely untouched sleepy example is possibly one of the earliest ones in existence

The pistol was reloaded by pulling the cylinder pin and removing the cylinder

who was badly wounded and relinquished command to LTC Robert Ballard

Original U.S. Pennsylvania Percussion Long Rifle with Faux Tiger Striping and Brass Patch Box - c.1840 Feed Block Assembly Original Item: Only One Available:Original Item: Only One Available. This is really rather impressive and mimics the elaborate style of the long Flintlock rifle of the late 1700s and early 1800s. Most interesting is the faux tiger striping of the wood stock, due to the lack or great cost of genuine Tiger Maple wood at the time. There were several processes used to accomplish this, the most common of which was for the stock maker to bind the stock with wax soaked cord and and conduct a