Original U.S. 10 Bore Single Barrel Percussion Fowling Piece by Joseph Tonks of Boston with British Barrel - Circa 1840 Military Audio This example has a barrel

This example has a barrel of just under 39"

with an attached black canvas leg strap for affixing the message to the pigeon’s leg

Designed to burn paraffin

It was re-constituted later in 1943 and deployed to Sardinia and when the expected Allied invasion of Sardinia failed to materialize

5 km southwest of Nemakasciai)

Original U.S. 10 Bore Single Barrel Percussion Fowling Piece by Joseph Tonks of Boston with British Barrel - Circa 1840 Military Audio This example has a barrelOriginal Item: Only One Available. Here is a very nice U. S. single barrel 10 bore percussion fowling piece, signed in fine script on the lock J. Tonks Maker, Boston, which is also very faintly visible on the top strap of the barrel. Joseph G. Tonks and his brother Alfred were gunmakers located in Boston, Massachusetts, who worked from the 1840s up into the 1860s. They were very well known at the time, starting out using imported barrels, but later