.58 caliber Tower enfield percussion rifle
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- Created Date
- 1862
- Description
The large hammer, rifled round barrel, octagonal, at tang, lockplate, two stock bands, lanyard ring, swivel ramrod, butt plate are of steel. The stock cap and trigger guard are made of brass. It has a full length medium stained walnut wood stock. Stamped on lockplate is "Tower/1862 and an English crown mark". It also has a permanently attached swivel ramrod at muzzle mouth.
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Location
- England
- Type
- physical object
- Format
- Length: (36.5 in)Length: (21 in)Walnut (wood)Brass (alloy)Steel
- Language
- English
- Rights
- © Chicago Historical Society, published on or before 2014, all rights reserved.
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- Chicago citation style
- .58 caliber Tower enfield percussion rifle. 1862. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/2054. (Accessed April 16, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (1862) .58 caliber Tower enfield percussion rifle. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/2054
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/2054>.