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Mid-1800s Antique S. VOSBURGH Half Stock Percussion HOMESTEAD/HUNTING Rifle ALABAMA, NEW YORK Made Game Getting Rifle
Guns International #: 103354013 Seller's Inventory #: 259005
Category: Kentucky Rifles - Antique Rifles - Percussion
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Seller: AncestryGunsLLC
Company: Ancestry Guns LLC
Member Since: 11/3/16
State: Missouri
Zip: 65203
Country: United States
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Description:
Mid-1800s Antique S. VOSBURGH Half Stock Percussion HOMESTEAD/HUNTING Rifle
ALABAMA, NEW YORK Made Game Getting Rifle
Here Ancestry Guns presents an antique S. Vosburgh Marked Half Stock Percussion Rifle with a Remington marked barrel made circa the Mid-1800s in Alabama, New York. Selah Vosburgh (1807-1876) of Alabama, New York, was an active gunmaker circa 1826 to 1860. His son, John Selah Vosburgh, was one of the founders of Tombstone and serves as the Adjutant General of the Arizona Territory in the 1870s.
The percussion rifle was a type of rifle that utilized the percussion lock mechanism to fire a bullet or musket ball. The Percussion lock mechanism was an evolution of the flintlock mechanism used on earlier muskets and rifles, with the percussion rifle being introduced somewhere around 1820. The percussion rifle had a slight advantage when it came to rate of fire over its flintlock counterparts. The use of a percussion cap reduced the reloading time, meaning the average number of shots per minute would consistently fall between three and four per minute. The percussion lock was also very reliable in wet conditions, and the reverse is true for the flintlocks with the primer not being affected by having water in contact with it, while the powder was virtually incapable of being exposed to water.
This example’s stout octagonal barrel is in .36 caliber, large enough to take small to medium sized game or to defend the homestead against unwanted aggression. Rifle manufacture in the mid-to-late 19th Century was rapidly changing over from thousands of craftsmen all over the United States and on the Frontier making and selling their wares, to the large factories with standardized assembly lines and modern manufacturing techniques. Many of the maker’s names of these percussion rifles have been lost over time. This is one such example.
This rifle would have also been used to put food on the table or defend the homestead against unwanted intruders!
The overall condition is very good. Original mixed gray-brown patinas. Strong action. The bore has dimmed and maintains serviceable rifling. The stock has had a repair where the buttstock meets the right wrist and on the left wrist. Repaired ramrod lugs. Discernable markings. Lightly engraved lock.
Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.
Barrel is 30-1/4 inches.
Caliber: .40 Percussion
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$1550
#259005
SOLD
Antique: Yes