Original U.S. Civil War Era Half Stocked Percussion Target Rifle by H. Pierce of Liverpool, Ohio with Single Set Trigger - circa 1855 Japanese Documents and Books a new Pattern 1842 musket

a new Pattern 1842 musket was manufactured

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Original U.S. Civil War Era Half Stocked Percussion Target Rifle by H. Pierce of Liverpool, Ohio with Single Set Trigger - circa 1855 Japanese Documents and Books a new Pattern 1842 musketOriginal Item: Only One Available. Just purchased at a recent military auction! This is a very nice U. S. Civil War era octagonal barreled very substantial percussion target rifle, typical of those used by early Yankee Union sharpshooters during the conflict. It is in one of the standard calibers we usually see these in, . 38", and has a very heavy 30 inch octagonal barrel with five groove rifling. These were intended for target shooting, or sometimes