.40 caliber. 42" octagonal barrel length. SN: NSN. Browned metal finish. Curly maple stock with cheek rest to left side of butt, teardrop motifs, and rococo style carvings overall. Flintlock rifle with notch and blade sights. Item features a pierced and engraved patchbox with patriotic eagle finial, neoclassical scroll, and a patchbox cover that is signed Bivins & Burton fecit. Stock also has several escutcheons fitted to top of wrist and to both sides of forearm.

Bivins is most likely John Bivins, and Burton is most likely his friend Frank Burton according to ContemporaryMakers.com. Item was most likely made during the late 20th century.