Percussion Tenn. rifle?

[leviathan]

 Have read a past post by Dr. Tim Boone where he mentions a "circa 1840 Percussion Tennessee Rifle" as it is labled in the NRA museum. However, the gun is a smoothbore. Can anyone please direct me to site where I can find a pic of this gun? The site listed on Dr. Boones post is no longer available. Just thought it would be interesting to see a pic of a Tenn smoothbore.

[Dr. Tim-Boone]

https://www.nramuseum.org/the-museum/the-galleries/the-prospering-new-republic/case-30-the-gold-rush/tennessee-percussion-mountain-rifle.aspx

[Hlbly]

When you see this gun you probably still haven’t seen a Tennessee smoothbore.

[Dennis Glazener]

When you see this gun you probably still haven’t seen a Tennessee smoothbore.

I would love to know how they derived that it is a TN gun.
Dennis

[WESTbury]

When you see this gun you probably still haven’t seen a Tennessee smoothbore.

I would love to know how they derived that it is a TN gun.
Dennis

Dennis,
They probably used the same criteria as for the "Nippes Model 1840" musket in the link below.
Kent
www.nramuseum.org/the-museum/the-galleries/the-prospering-new-republic/case-31-the-age-of-industry/usnippes-model-1840-musket-conversion.aspx

[Tanselman]

Don't you guys know that every walnut stocked gun is potentially a Tennessee gun???

Shelby Gallien

[WESTbury]

Don't you guys know that every walnut stocked gun is potentially a Tennessee gun???
Shelby Gallien

Well, I was not aware of that fact.
 
I'll have to have Stuart Mowbray put out a 2nd edition of my book so I can be sure to change every description from the U.S. Armory at Springfield Mass. to Springfield Tenn!

Kent