.42 caliber. 37" octagonal barrel. SN: NSN. Browned metal finish. Curled maple half stock with straight grip, raised comb, and carved cheek rest. Smoothbore percussion rifle with fixed notch rear sight and small silver teardrop blade front sight. Item features a single trigger, silver forend cap, and five piece brass patchbox. Plain patchbox has billowed edges and finial, similar to how some Lancaster County gunsmiths fashioned their patchboxes. Lock is marked A.W. SPIES/WARRANTED, barrel is unsigned. Includes wood ramrod.

From the Collection of Charles Worman, co-author of the two volume set Firearms of the American West.