Original U.S. Babcock Open-Frame Percussion Rifle — Circa 1850 - Marked M. Babcock Charlestown Mass Cannons & Mortars The Volcanic “Navy” Pistol

The Volcanic “Navy” Pistol

and looks to have seen long use on the frontier

which is marked 一 四 八 - 1 4 8

most likely brought home after the war by an American serviceman

Original U.S. Babcock Open-Frame Percussion Rifle — Circa 1850 - Marked M. Babcock Charlestown Mass Cannons & Mortars The Volcanic “Navy” PistolOriginal 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