Original U.S. Babcock Open-Frame Percussion Rifle — Circa 1850 - Marked M. Babcock Charlestown Mass Cannons & Mortars 1034 and 1035

1034 and 1035

Compressed Camouflaged: 4 inches x 6 yards with 2 safety pins

but still mostly intact

The Volcanic “Navy” Pistol

on 22 November 1945

Original U.S. Babcock Open-Frame Percussion Rifle — Circa 1850 - Marked M. Babcock Charlestown Mass Cannons & Mortars 1034 and 1035Original Item: Only One Available. This is an exceptionally unusual and mechanically fascinating Babcock Open Frame Percussion Rifle, made circa the 1850s and clearly marked on its heavy 30 inch octagon barrel, M. Babcock Charlestown Mass. A fine example of small shop American gunsmithing ingenuity, this distinctive percussion rifle employs an innovative open frame design in which the trigger guard doubles as the mainspring and the trigger itself