Guns International #: 102598144
Seller's Inventory #: 227905

Category - Kentucky Rifles - Antique Revolvers - Percussion

Category
Kentucky Rifles
Antique Revolvers - Percussion

Antique H. BURNS Half Stock BACK ACTION Percussion .36 Caliber Long Rifle Mid-1800s HOMESTEAD/HUNTING Rifle

Description:
Antique H. BURNS Half Stock BACK ACTION Percussion .36 Caliber Long Rifle
 
Mid-1800s HOMESTEAD/HUNTING Rifle

Here we present an antique H. Burns Back Action Half Stock American Percussion Long Rifle, made circa the mid-19th Century. H. Burns is listed as working all across Ohio as a maker of brass and percussion rifles of “fine workmanship”. Its 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 makers’ names of the so-called Kentucky long rifles have been lost over time. This rifle is one such example.

These locks were called “back action” because the mainspring hangs behind the tumbler. The back action is often used in single and double rifles, and occasionally in single barrel shotguns where the need for strength requires as little steel as possible be removed from the bar of the action.
The overall condition is good. Strong action. The bore is dark but remains in good shape and the rifling is worn. Solid stock. Legible markings. “H. BURNS” is marked atop the barrel.

Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.

Barrel is 31-1/2 inches.

Caliber:  .36 Percussion

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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$1800

#227905
 

SOLD

Antique: Yes