Percussion Longrifle ca. 1840-50 J. Douglass, possibly Joseph Douglass Jr. Huntingdon County longrifles represent one of the last stages of the American longrifle tradition. This example displays the major characteristics of a Huntingdon County rifle: slimmer architecture, particularly the small, thin buttstock, which has straight lines on the top and bottom; a deeply engraved patch box with a concealed hinge; an absence of incised or relief carving; a large number of engraved silver inlays (thirty in this case); and a heavy .40 caliber barrel.. Percussion Longrifle. American, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. ca. 1840-50. Steel, wood (curly maple, ash), brass, silver. Pennsylvania. Firearms-Guns-Percussion
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