Original U.S. Kentucky Percussion Rifle with Set Trigger by Solomon Ward of Jamestown N.C. circa 1870 British Machine Guns and reads 4 X 2

and reads 4  X 2 1/2

which is attached in place of the standard lock screw escutcheons

The rims were both rust resistant and had "non-magnetic qualities" that reduced the chance of error readings when placed around certain sensitive equipment (such as a compass)

We are still not exactly sure what era it is

The highly engraved lock has a large ring on Miquelet's Hammer screw

Original U.S. Kentucky Percussion Rifle with Set Trigger by Solomon Ward of Jamestown N.C. circa 1870 British Machine Guns and reads 4 X 2Original 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