.34 caliber. 46" wedge retained octagonal barrel. NSN. Browned finish, brass furniture, faux striped maple stock with raised cheekrest and four piece patchbox. Single shot muzzleloading flintlock rifle with double set triggers, fixed notch rear sight, dovetailed blade front sight and wood ramrod. Flintlock appears to be in original flint with a replaced cock and screw, and is marked HENRY ELWELL/WARRANTED in two lines under the pan. Barrel marked J Fordney in script and LANCASTER, PA. Traditional features include the flat Lancaster style two screw side plate, plain four-piece patchbox and plain toe plate with patchbox release. Henry Elwell was a Birmingham England based gunmaker who worked circa 1838-1857, and Jacob Fordney (1808-1878) who produced this rifle often used imported English locks on his guns. Fordney was the son of noted Lancaster gunmaker Melchior Fordney and worked from the 1830s through at least the 1860s. This gun is probably circa 1840s, and although plain is a well made and attractive example of a late flintlock period rifle.