649475

1861 Tower rifle, muzzle loader ( Pattern 1853 Enfield rifled musket). This model used in American civil war. medium brown wood stock approx 130.7 cm long; brass cap on barrel in of stock; brass butt plate has two screws to secure at back, and plate wraps upward to top of stock with an additional screw to secure; carved groove in bottom of stock under barrel to accommodate ramrod (no ramrod available); stock held to barrel by two metal clasps each secured by an exposed metal screw on underside of stock and also secured by single screw at base end of barrel next to hammer; barrel is black and approx 99.4 cm long; barrel has small notched foresight and a manually elevated rear sight; hammer is secured to rifle by way of lock plate on right hand side of stock; lock plate secured by four nails on that side as well as two large screws on opposite side; trigger guard is brass and one piece, secured by two screws on backside; trigger is black metal, like barrel; front part of trigger guard has black metal clasp screwed to front of guard for attaching a gun sling; engravings: lock plate has a British Crest to the left of the hammer and "1861// TOWER" to the right. Needs some restoring. Trigger mechanism requires repair.