Original U.S. Pennsylvania Flintlock Massive Barrel Target Rifle with Set Trigger & Flame Maple Stock c. 1830 Flintlock Pistols The keeper loop is unfortunately

The keeper loop is unfortunately missing

It is fortunate that they were reunited after what would appear to be many years

The gas-actuated Hotchkiss system was first formulated in 1895 by Odkolek von Augeza ( Austria ) and improved into its final form by Hotchkiss armament engineers Laurence Benet and Henri Mercie

partly obscured by dirt:

Original U.S. Pennsylvania Flintlock Massive Barrel Target Rifle with Set Trigger & Flame Maple Stock c. 1830 Flintlock Pistols The keeper loop is unfortunatelyOriginal Item: Only One Available. Just purchased at a recent military auction! Here is an octagonal barreled very upmarket "Kentucky" style flintlock target rifle, which more correctly is known as a Pennsylvania Rifle. It is in the quite large caliber of about . 55", and has a massive very heavy octagonal barrel with seven groove rifling. The barrel is 40 1 2" inches long, and 1 1 4" inches across at the widest point. It also is quite heavily