.40 caliber. 34" pinned octagonal barrel. SN: NSN. Blued finish, brass furniture, full-length hardwood stock with raised cheek rest. Lightly engraved single screw percussion lock marked "GOULCHER" in a banner. Barrel with drum bolster with weak traces of a Leman mark, but only "WARRANTED" remains legible. Barrel with long, three-screw tang similar to guns made in Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee, simple two-piece brass patchbox with release in toe that suggests a similar region of production. Despite the fact that the gun is configured and stocked like a rifle from these regions from the lock back, from the lock forward it has the overall appearance of a typical trade gun with a forend that extends to the muzzle, a simple sheet brass reinforcement at the forend tip and a corrugated ramrod pipe. Dovetailed, semi-buckhorn rear sight dovetailed front sight blade, finger extension triggerguard with spur. The gun was likely shortened during the period of use and possibly reconfigured to be more like a trade gun at that time. An interesting percussion rifle that is short and handy enough for use on horseback or in dense brush with a nice look to it.