Original U.S. Kentucky Percussion Rifle with Set Trigger by Solomon Ward of Jamestown N.C. circa 1870 British Machine Guns enemy armored

enemy armored

A strut is added to connect the trigger movement to the hammer

The four point chin strap is unfortunately missing

We are still not exactly sure what era it is

Original U.S. Kentucky Percussion Rifle with Set Trigger by Solomon Ward of Jamestown N.C. circa 1870 British Machine Guns enemy armoredOriginal 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 nice octagonal barrel. The rifle was built in the United States, in the gun making center of Jamestown, North Carolina, and is marked faintly on the top of the barrel: S. H. WARD Solomon H. Ward (1838 1905) was one of the last of the