Original U.S. Babcock Open-Frame Percussion Rifle — Circa 1850 - Marked M. Babcock Charlestown Mass Cannons & Mortars most likely brought home after

most likely brought home after the war by an American serviceman

which seems to have been punched into the lock plate and suggests it may well be an Owner's name rather than that of the Gun Smith

1034 and 1035

which is why by WWII

The Moroccan leather sweatband is 1 1/8" wide

Original U.S. Babcock Open-Frame Percussion Rifle — Circa 1850 - Marked M. Babcock Charlestown Mass Cannons & Mortars most likely brought home afterOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an exceptionally unusual and mechanically fascinating Babcock Open Frame Percussion Rifle, made circa the 1850s and clearly marked on its heavy 30 inch octagon barrel, M. Babcock Charlestown Mass. A fine example of small shop American gunsmithing ingenuity, this distinctive percussion rifle employs an innovative open frame design in which the trigger guard doubles as the mainspring and the trigger itself