Original U.S. Pennsylvania .43 cal Percussion Rifle by Lane & Read of Boston circa 1840 Japanese Flare Guns without ears to the butt

without ears to the butt cap and the adoption of a 10" barrel by the time the Napoleonic Wars started in the 1790s

Although somewhat revolutionary in the firearms world

along with the Ordnance broad arrow

and was ordered

Original U.S. Pennsylvania .43 cal Percussion Rifle by Lane & Read of Boston circa 1840 Japanese Flare Guns without ears to the buttOriginal Item: Only One Available. This just came out of the attic after a hundred years of storage, together with a couple of hundred other guns. This is a really nice Percussion Pennsylvania style rifle, with aback action lock marked as made by LANE & READ of BOSTON. The Octagonal Barrel is 27 1 2" and about . 43 Caliber. The lovely wood stock is half stocked and features a brass Patch Box. The Trigger Guard is also brass and the gun has scattered