Original U.S. Pennsylvania Short Percussion Rifle with Patch Box and Decoration circa 1840 MP 44 The hinged breechblock caused these

The hinged breechblock caused these rifles to be named "Trapdoor Springfields"

ETSBD 1882

Company B during World War Two

located under the separate cover outside of the left receiver wall

The helmet still has its correct very good condition M31 liner with all of the 8 fingers intact

Original U.S. Pennsylvania Short Percussion Rifle with Patch Box and Decoration circa 1840 MP 44 The hinged breechblock caused theseOriginal Item: Only One Available. This just came out of the attic after a hundred years of storage, together with a couple of hundred other guns. Here is a heavy octagonal barreled Rifled "Kentucky" style rifle, which more correctly is known as a Pennsylvania Rifle. This example is fitted with a 20" octagonal barrel of considerable weight, with heavily rifled small bore of approximately . 39", a common size for these rifles. This Short Sporting