Original U.S. Pennsylvania Percussion Target Rifle by J.F. Gehrett with Set Trigger & Flame Maple Stock c. 1860 U.S. Documents & Books The serial number is 10224

The serial number is 10224 dating the year of production to be approximately 1863

Plate on the bottom gives the following information:

Year of Manufacture: circa 1880-90

Original Item: Only three available

and is a totally standard example with a nice nickel-plated alloy hilt

Original U.S. Pennsylvania Percussion Target Rifle by J.F. Gehrett with Set Trigger & Flame Maple Stock c. 1860 U.S. Documents & Books The serial number is 10224Original Item: Only One Available. Just purchased at a recent military auction! Here is an octagonal barreled very upmarket "Kentucky" style target rifle, which more correctly is known as a Pennsylvania Rifle. It is in one of the larger calibers we usually see these in, . 50", and has a very heavy octagonal barrel with eight groove rifling. The top of the barrel is marked J. F. GEHRETT, for gunsmith Jacob Franklin Gehrett. He worked in Orbsibonia,