AN 1841 MODEL U.S. PERCUSSION 'MISSISSIPPI' RIFLE with sighted iron barrel rifled with seven grooves and struck at the breech with standard eagle head and 'VP' markings, dated tang, flat bevelled lock stamped 'Harpers Ferry 1850' and 'US' below an American eagle motif, figured walnut three-quarter stock, full regulation brass mounts including hinged patch-box cover and two barrel-bands held by springs, the pierced forward one forming the front ramrod-pipe, iron sling swivels, and original brass-tipped iron ramrod, dated 1850