Original U.S. Pennsylvania Percussion Rifle with Set Trigger by John P. Lower of Philadelphia Category_Receiver The brass tipped ram rod

The brass tipped ram rod is still complete with "screw" worm to rear end for extracting lead balls

Some of these caps can be found painted in Dunkelgelb

Being is such an "as is" condition the price was exceptionally modest

It will make an excellent display piece for a collector on a budget

Original U.S. Pennsylvania Percussion Rifle with Set Trigger by John P. Lower of Philadelphia Category_Receiver The brass tipped ram rodOriginal Item: Only One Available. This just came out of the attic after a hundred years of storage, together with a couple of hundred other guns. Here is a heavy octagonal barreled Rifled "Kentucky" style rifle, which more correctly is known as a Pennsylvania Rifle. This example was actually made in Philadelphia by JOHN P. LOWER., and is marked on top of the barrel with J. P. LOWER PHILA. LOWER worked from 1833 and many yeas later opened a branch