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Item No.:	10461	Price :	$3,250.00
Item :	WHITNEY MODEL 1861 U.S. NAVY PERCUSSION RIFLE, "PLYMOUTH RIFLE", .69 CAL.

Description :

This is an original, Civil War Model 1861 U.S. Navy Percussion Rifle manufactured by Eli Whitney of New Haven, Connecticut in 1863. Known as the "Plymouth" Rifle, the gun was conceived by Captain John A. Dahlgren, a well-known ordnance officer in the U.S. Navy. The prototype rifles were assembled at the Washington navy Yard and taken aboard the U.S.S. Plymouth for testing. Hence the name. Whitney was awarded a contract for 10,000 guns in July of 1861. The contract was completed in 1864. The Plymouth Rifle was a .69 caliber muzzleloader with a 34" round barrel fastened with two bands. The barrel has three groove rifling. The trigger guard has a spur finger grip behind the guard bow. It used a unique long range leaf rear sight graduated to 1000 yards. There is a large bayonet lug on the right side of the barrel for the saber bayonet. This rifle is in very fine condition. The metal remains mostly armory bright with some light brown speckling in some areas. There is a yellowish film on the metal that looks like old cigarette smoke that was deposited over the years, but it doesn't smell like cigarettes. I suspect it can be cleaned off with a mild solvent. Just don't get any on the wood! The rifle has excellent mechanics. The bore is very fine to excellent, bright, and shiny. The stock is in fine condition with just a faint trace of the inspector's cartouche visible on the left flat of the stock. This is a very nice example of the Civil War Navy Plymouth Rifle. Stock no. 30043

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