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. (141.61 cm); L. of barrel 40 1/2 in. (102.87 cm); Cal. .51 in. (12.7 mm); Wt. 11 lb. 2 oz. (5046 g); bullet mould (c); L. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm); Wt. 5.6 oz. (158.8 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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