Original U.S. Kentucky Percussion Rifle with Tiger Maple Full Stock by J.M. Gorsuch of Ohio c. 1840 Category_Martini-Henry Parts 5-inches in caliber (a pinch

5-inches in caliber (a pinch over 63mm for you metric fans) and was smoothbore

The oil cloth is in similar condition

This is precisely what Junior Officers and Sergeants carried into Battle during the Revolutionary War

The action is bare steel

which means that it was made under "Japanese Engineering Standards"

Original U.S. Kentucky Percussion Rifle with Tiger Maple Full Stock by J.M. Gorsuch of Ohio c. 1840 Category_Martini-Henry Parts 5-inches in caliber (a pinchOriginal Item: Only one available. Here is an octagonal barreled "Kentucky" style rifle, which more correctly is known as a Pennsylvania Rifle. It is in the standard caliber we usually see these in, . 39", and has a very heavy barrel. The rifle was built in the United States using a percussion lock made by James Golcher of Philadelphia, who operated in the 1820s 1830s. It is marked JAs GOLCHER PHILADA amidst traces of foliate engravings. We estimate