"Blanket Gun?"

[WESTbury]

Here's a shortened rifle with a lot of character and perhaps a few stories to tell.
https://auctions.morphyauctions.com/PERCUSSION_RIFLE-LOT568288.aspx

[mr. no gold]

Could have been a Western Trails gun. Many old rifles were altered for the trip to Oregon. Easier on horseback and perhaps a bit quicker to load. Thank you for bringing it to our attention. Would be a good addition to any western collection.
Dick

[Eric Kettenburg]

What Dick said.  I remember we were all looking at a Joseph Angstadt rifle that was up on gunbroker within the past few years just like this - converted to percussion and barrel chopped into the mid 20s range iirc.  Consensus was that it was altered for use on horseback out west.  Pretty cool if you ask me.

[Hungry Horse]

 Many of the North coast tribes lived in shelters the were dug out for about half of their depth. The same is true of some Athabaskan, and Eskimo, tribes. A long gun wouldn’t serve in these tight quarters, so many trappers, and traders, cut their longrifles down so they would.

Hungry Horse

[Yazel.xring]

Wow that’s cool

[JTR]

That rifle reminds me of my recently departed cut back S. Miller rifle.