Three patchboxes, no waiting

[JHeath]

English auction site, turned up an American back-action halfstock with three patchboxes:

https://www.andrewbottomley.com/x-x-x-sold-x-x-x--unusual-american-pensylvania-percussion-plains-rifle-with-3-patch-boxes-dating-3-p.asp

Inspiring. My next project will be a southern mountain rifle with three tallow holes.

Note also the buttplate heel.