.38 caliber. 40" pinned octagonal barrel. NSN. Browned finish, brass furniture and decorative inlays, faux striped hardwood stock with raised cheek rest and engraved four piece patchbox. Single shot muzzleloading percussion rifle with fixed notch rear sight, dovetailed blade front sight and double set triggers. Percussion lock sighed with a large "H" pierced by an arrow with the top flat of the barrel signed in fancy script J B Hixson. A modern brass jag, spare percussion cone and a small patch are contained in the patchbox. A wooden ramrod is included. {ANTIQUE}

John Briggs Hixson (1822-1899) worked in Antrim, Guernsey County, Ohio during the third quarter of the 19th century, primarily producing decorated full stock percussion rifles.