Percussion lock rifle with faux tiger maple half stock, engraved on lock plate "J. Griffith / Cincinnati" with foliate scrolls; unmarked 35" octagonal rifled barrel, double set triggers; brass trigger guard and butt plate; oval silver inlay on cheek rest; .52 cal., 12 lbs, overall 50 1/2" L; bbl 35" L.

Note: Walter Matson Cline (1873-1941) was a Chattanooga, TN, photographer and preeminent historian and collector of muzzle loading firearms. His book "the Muzzle-Loading Rifle Then and Now" became the authority on the history of black powder firearms when it was published in 1942, shortly after his death. The National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association, of which Cline was an early member, is headquartered in Friendship, IN, and is home to the Walter Cline shooting range. As this is an antique black powder firearm, no FFL is necessary.

Hammer and triggers hold set and function, clean bore; rod absent, crack to wood on left side.