Original U.S. Civil War Era Half Stocked Percussion Target Rifle with Heavy Octagonal Barrel and Set Trigger - circa 1850 German Field Equipment To alleviate this issue

To alleviate this issue

The company soon began using the name Centra or Zentra (a shortened form of "central") on watches and founded the ZentRa brand on September 4

Scabbard is also in great shape

Weight was reduced to 13

It is telling that this painting should have been published as a poster by the Office of War Information (OWI)

Original U.S. Civil War Era Half Stocked Percussion Target Rifle with Heavy Octagonal Barrel and Set Trigger - circa 1850 German Field Equipment To alleviate this issueOriginal Item: Only One Available. Just purchased at a recent military auction! This is a very nice U. S. Civil War era heavy barreled percussion target rifle, typical of those used by early Yankee Union sharpshooters during the conflict. The design is somewhat reminiscent of the "Pennsylvania" or "Kentucky" rifles of the time, but it is definitely a bit less curved and more robust in shape. It features a 32 inch long octagonal barrel with 6 groove