Original U.S. Pennsylvania Percussion Rifle by J. Hillegas with British Trade Lock - circa 1840 Madsen LMG The citation reads as follows:

The citation reads as follows:

Complete with King's Crown (King George V) Regimental Cap Badge and leather chin strap with "General Service" securing buttons

and the ugly spectre of racism did rear its head on a number of occasions

this most attractive and rare little carbine has much history to share

8 trigger assemblies

Original U.S. Pennsylvania Percussion Rifle by J. Hillegas with British Trade Lock - circa 1840 Madsen LMG The citation reads as follows:Original Item: One of a Kind. This just came out of the attic after a hundred years of storage together with a couple of hundred other guns. Here is an octagonal barreled Rifled "Kentucky" style rifle, which more correctly is known as a Pennsylvania Rifle. It was actually constructed using a BRITISH TRADE percussion lock mechanism, which is marked JOSEPH GOLCHER on the plate. Joseph Golcher of King Street, Darlston, Staffordshire, England was a