Walnut stock, 41-3/4 in. barrel fitted with brass sight; iron mounts throughout, the lockplate under the hammer stamped with an eagle over US; HARPERS / FERRY / 1848 is stamped behind the hammer; includes ramrod and bayonet lug.

From the Collection of a Piedmont, North Carolina Gentleman

Working action; barrel with gunpowder pitting at breech; metallic elements with light oxidation; the stock with several cracks and re-finished surfaces.