Half-Stock Percussion Rifle Retailer Marked by J.H. Mann of Syracuse, NY

.40 caliber. 31" wedge-retained octagonal barrel. SN: 46. Browned finish, brass furniture, pewter nose cap, hardwood half-stock with German silver wedge escutcheon. Single shot percussion muzzleloading rifle. Commercial percussion lock marked GOULCHER, top flat of barrel marked J.H. MANN/SYRACUSE, N.Y./46 Barrel measures 1" across the flats at the muzzle. Rifle equipped with a dovetailed notch rear sight, a dovetailed German silver Rocky Mountain blade front sight, a brass finger rest scroll triggerguard and crescent buttplate. A wooden ramrod is secured by two plain iron thimbles.

John Henry Mann (1825-1892) was born in England and emigrated to America where he established himself as a wholesale and retail grocer in Syracuse, NY. Mann also dealt in dry goods, fishing tackle and other sporting items, including firearms. Mann is probably most famous for inventing and patenting an "Improved Trolling Spoon" fishing lure and was well known during the period for producing high quality fishing tackle. {ANTIQUE}

This lot is located in Cincinnati.