Original U.S. Pennsylvania Percussion Rifle by J. Hillegas with British Trade Lock - circa 1840 Madsen LMG complete with original issue scabbard

complete with original issue scabbard and socket bayonet

The cap is offered in very good condition with the exterior constructed of dark blue wool with red piping (artillery)

Blade: 15 inches long

The citation reads as follows:

8 trigger assemblies

Original U.S. Pennsylvania Percussion Rifle by J. Hillegas with British Trade Lock - circa 1840 Madsen LMG complete with original issue scabbardOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This just came out of the attic after a hundred years of storage together with a couple of hundred other guns. Here is an octagonal barreled Rifled "Kentucky" style rifle, which more correctly is known as a Pennsylvania Rifle. It was actually constructed using a BRITISH TRADE percussion lock mechanism, which is marked JOSEPH GOLCHER on the plate. Joseph Golcher of King Street, Darlston, Staffordshire, England was a