Percussion Longrifle
J. Douglass, possibly Joseph Douglass Jr. American
Not on view
Huntingdon County longrifles represent one of the last stages of the American longrifle tradition. This example displays the major characteristics of a Huntingdon County rifle: slimmer architecture, particularly the small, thin buttstock, which has straight lines on the top and bottom; a deeply engraved patch box with a concealed hinge; an absence of incised or relief carving; a large number of engraved silver inlays (thirty in this case); and a heavy .40 caliber barrel.
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