Original U.S. Kentucky Percussion Rifle with Set Trigger c.1850 Stocks The primary contractor for the

The primary contractor for the production of the M1840 NCO sword seems to have been the Ames Manufacturing Company

The reverse ricasso is stamped horizontally with the name and location of the maker:

Inside the lid there is a handwritten notation:

Marsubian * - Mass

(Other native accounts note several soldiers committing suicide near the end of the battle

Original U.S. Kentucky Percussion Rifle with Set Trigger c.1850 Stocks The primary contractor for theOriginal Item: Only One Available. This came out of a Shed and looks it even after a wipe over. When it was actually made is anyone's guess, though it looks to be from around 1850. It is fitted with a heavy Octagonal rifled barrel 34 1 2" in length and is mounted in a half stock which has some cracks in the fore end. Overall length is 50". It is mounted in brass including Hook butt plate, trigger guard and brass patch box with circular cover. There is