Original U.S. Double Barrel Percussion Shotgun by Richards with Indian Police Shield - dated 1855 Category_Flintlock Pistols Frame Latch

Frame Latch

This would have been stitched to the back or inside lining of a U

Replacing in most instances the light bicorne

This is a relatively early blunderbuss

58 caliber Minié ball

Original U.S. Double Barrel Percussion Shotgun by Richards with Indian Police Shield - dated 1855 Category_Flintlock Pistols Frame LatchOriginal item: Only one Available. This is a nice double barrel 12 gauge shotgun with barrels of almost 20 inches, and locks both marked RICHARDS. Design is typical of the period, with all steel hardware, and a nice checkered wrist on the stock. The shotgun has a large white metal police style shield inlaid into the right side of the butt stock stating: INDIAN U. S. POLICE In several other locations there are U. S. surcharges impressed into the