Part Number: AAN-789
Stocked in curly maple this percussion rifle is assembled in the style of the North West Trade Guns from the late 19th and early 20th century. Barnett, I. Hollis and other firms were still manufacturing North West Trade Guns well after the invention of the metallic cartridge rifle due to demand. Many of these later Trade Guns were assembled with mid 19th century Enfield style percussion locks. Traditionally smoothbore guns this example has a .58 caliber rifled octagon-to-round barrel. The curly maple stock is stained to a golden brown to best display the stripes in the maple. The Enfield percussion lock is stamped Barnett / London / 1900 and finished to a bright blue. The rifle appears lightly used with a few small handling marks.
The Colerain .58 caliber octagon-to-round barrel is cut rifled with six deep round bottom grooves. Called "radius groove rifling", Colerain eliminates the sharp inside corner that accumulates fouling. Radius groove rifling cutters are a bit more expensive to make, but Colerain's customers agree that the accuracy, easy loading, and easy cleaning are worth the cost. The tapered octagon breech is 9" long, with a sixteen flat transition to a double wedding band to round. A brass turtle front sight is soldered behind the muzzle. A long base Germanic style rear sight is dovetailed 7" ahead of the breech.