Percussion Longrifle
Object type: Percussion longrifle
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: American, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Artist: Joseph Douglass Jr.
Artist bio: American, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania 1819–1880
Artist role: Gunsmith
Artist nationality: American
Date: ca. 1840–50
Medium: Steel, wood (curly maple, ash), brass, silver
Dimensions: L. 56 3/4 in. (144.1 cm); L. of barrel 41 13/16 in. (106.2 cm); Cal. .39 in. (9.9 mm); Wt. 11 lb. (4989.5 g)
Classification: Firearms-Guns-Percussion
Geography:    Pennsylvania   
Credit line: Gift of Marion Eppley, 1956
Accession year: 1956