Flintlock Rifle with Case and Bullet Mould Made for Colonel Jacob Bates (1746–1836), ca. 1820

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Flintlock Rifle with Case and Bullet Mould Made for Colonel Jacob Bates (1746–1836), ca. 1820, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, American, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, Steel, silver, brass, wood, silver wire, Rifle (a); L. 55 3/4 in. ( cm); L. of barrel 40 1/2 in. ( cm); Cal. .51 in. ( mm); Wt. 11 lb. 2 oz. (5046 g); bullet mould (c); L. 6 1/4 in. ( cm); Wt. oz. ( g), Firearms, Silas Allen produced a large number of muskets for the state militia in addition to custom-made hunting and target rifles for private customers. This rifle is possibly his finest work and ranks among the best New England rifles of the early nineteenth century

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