A SWISS CONTRACT PERCUSSION INFANTRY RIFLE with browned sighted barrel and blued back-sight, case-hardened tang, rounded case-hardened lock stamped 'Beuret Frères Liège', full stock, blued iron mounts including two spring-retained barrel bands and a muzzle-band, blued sling swivels, original brass-tipped white ramrod, and most of its original finish, the butt with small brass circular plaque stamped 'M+S 227', circa 1860