Original U.S. Harpers Ferry Arsenal Model 1803 Type II Flintlock Rifle Dated 1819 - Extremely Rare Caps & Hats The leather sheath could have

The leather sheath could have been custom made or adapted from another knife

however it is still fully legible with a magnifier:-

It is wartime marked

and again on Formosa and Okinawa

Reed remembers that it rained for nineteen days straight

Original U.S. Harpers Ferry Arsenal Model 1803 Type II Flintlock Rifle Dated 1819 - Extremely Rare Caps & Hats The leather sheath could haveOriginal item: One of a Kind. Now this is something we do not see every day! This is a very early American Flintlock Rifle, in fact the first model rifle ever issued by the Federal Armories! Previously only Flintlock muskets and pistols has been produced, but with the world moving towards the increased accuracy of rifled barrels, the United States had to keep up. The first model designed the Harpers Ferry Model 1803, which is what we have here. There