This muzzle-loading plains rifle has a .45 caliber octagonal barrel with the ramrod intact. The gun has the original flintlock, set triggers, conversion and barrel. Plains rifles saw heavy use by emigrants bound for California and Oregon during the...
Both sides of the barrel rib of this muzzle-loading rifle are engraved "W. Richards." It is double barreled with a wooden ramrod beneath the barrels. Both crosshatching and decorative designs mark the barrels and stock, with the inscription "fine...
One of the most popular guns of the Civil War was this type of muzzle-loading rifle with an attached bayonet. The long rifle has a metal barrel and trigger mechanism. The wooden rifle stock is inscribed with the name Dotson.
