Original U.S. Pennsylvania Percussion Long Rifle with Full Stock & Trade Lock by G. Goulcher c. 1840 British Replica or possibly a spare for

or possibly a spare for when the cover was lost

The fittings are ornate plated brass

Crew Member in very good condition

when she left for Wake Island

The display of a Lefaucheux breech-loading gun inspired English apprentice gunmaker Edwin Charles Hodges (1831-1925) to make an improved copy and persuade leading London gun maker Joseph Lang that this was the gun of the future

Original U.S. Pennsylvania Percussion Long Rifle with Full Stock & Trade Lock by G. Goulcher c. 1840 British Replica or possibly a spare forOriginal Item: Only one available. This came to us recently from an Old U. S. Collection that had been in storage for more than 100 years. Here is an octagonal barreled "Kentucky" style rifle, which more correctly is known as a Pennsylvania Rifle. It is in one of the standard calibers we usually see these in, . 43", and has a heavy octagonal barrel. The rifle was built in the United States using a percussion lock made marked G. GOULCHER, who worked in