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George Leonard Target Rifle .45 Cal SN: 526

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George Leonard Target Rifle .45 Cal SN: 526
Half-Stock percussion target rifle. approx. 46" long. The heavy octagon barrel is approx. 29-1/4" long. Bore has excellent rifling. Includes a brass bullet starter. Barrel surface is turning a plumb brown throughout and is free of any pitting and shows only light wear. The breech and tang are of plated iron and show wear from rubbing. There is a 1 3/4" tubular front sight mortised into the dovetail for windage adjustment, post/bead sight. Round. elevation adjustable sight on barrel flat, and a circular peep sight is screwed into the tang There is a traversing bar on the sight that can be turned for windage while the sights elevation is controlled by turning the sight base. The left flat of the barrel is marked forward of the breech with "Geo. O. Leonard Red Bluff Cal. Cast Steel", and "526". the right flat is marked "Schneider & Andrews Makers S.F. Cal.". Lockplate is marked "Schneider & Andrews". The elongated lockplate is plated and is set flush into the stock. hammer only half cocks, full cock slips. Double-set triggers work properly. The half-stock is finished a dark brown and is in very good condition showing only very light surface wear of a few scratches from age and storage. Stock has a 3/4" brass plated iron nose cap. Steel heavy "Swiss" style buttplate is shaped to fit securely into the shooters shoulder with lower extension that ends in a round quillon. There is no patchbox. Triggerguard is iron with decorative elongated ends and finger rests. There is a screw running through the bottom of the forearm and into the barrel anchoring it to the stock. This screw is surrounded by an escutcheon with a similar decorative motif as the triggerguard. The wood ramrod is a newer replacement. George Leonard, a well known gunmaker from New Hampshire, moved on to Red Bluff, Calif., in 1869 and died there in 1887. NRA Condition-Very Good. Antique firearm.