Original U.S. Kentucky Percussion Rifle with Trade Lock by Joseph Manton & Set Trigger c. 1840 US Civil War it rose to fame once

it rose to fame once taken over by two sons of Master Gunsmith Andreas Mauser: Wilhelm & Paul Mauser

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in the Pacific theater

- 1934 Labor Day Tinnie maker marked on reverse: "24 PFORZHEIM"

Original U.S. Kentucky Percussion Rifle with Trade Lock by Joseph Manton & Set Trigger c. 1840 US Civil War it rose to fame onceOriginal Item: Only one available. Here is an octagonal barreled "Kentucky" rifle, which more correctly is known as a Pennsylvania Rifle. It has the typical curved butt stock used in the mid 1840s more southern areas. It looks to be in . 30" caliber, a very common size for these rifles, and has a heavy octagonal barrel with seven groove rifling. The rifle was built in the United States, most likely in the Kentucky area, using a British made trade lock