Original U.S. Double Barrel Percussion Shotgun by Richards with Indian Police Shield - dated 1855 Category_Flintlock Pistols 58 caliber Minié ball

58 caliber Minié ball

a foundry at Hannover

Replacing in most instances the light bicorne

no work was performed in the Stalag

Frame Latch

Original U.S. Double Barrel Percussion Shotgun by Richards with Indian Police Shield - dated 1855 Category_Flintlock Pistols 58 caliber Minié ballOriginal item: Only one Available. This is a nice double barrel 12 gauge shotgun with barrels of almost 20 inches, and locks both marked RICHARDS. Design is typical of the period, with all steel hardware, and a nice checkered wrist on the stock. The shotgun has a large white metal police style shield inlaid into the right side of the butt stock stating: INDIAN U. S. POLICE In several other locations there are U. S. surcharges impressed into the