Original U.S. Pennsylvania Percussion Rifle by J. Hillegas with British Trade Lock - circa 1840 Madsen LMG 8 trigger assemblies

8 trigger assemblies

Complete with King's Crown (King George V) Regimental Cap Badge and leather chin strap with "General Service" securing buttons

Blade: 15 inches long

This liner was manufactured by Hood Rubber

The cap is offered in very good condition with the exterior constructed of dark blue wool with red piping (artillery)

Original U.S. Pennsylvania Percussion Rifle by J. Hillegas with British Trade Lock - circa 1840 Madsen LMG 8 trigger assembliesOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This just came out of the attic after a hundred years of storage together with a couple of hundred other guns. Here is an octagonal barreled Rifled "Kentucky" style rifle, which more correctly is known as a Pennsylvania Rifle. It was actually constructed using a BRITISH TRADE percussion lock mechanism, which is marked JOSEPH GOLCHER on the plate. Joseph Golcher of King Street, Darlston, Staffordshire, England was a