.35 caliber. 40.5" pinned octagonal barrel with partial under lug. NSN. Browned finish, brass furniture, German silver decorative inlays, walnut half stock with graceful raised cheek rest. Single shot muzzleloading percussion rifle with drum bolster with clean out screw, dovetailed notch rear sight, Rocky Mountain blade front sight, adjustable double set triggers and a more recent wooden ramrod. Single screw percussion lock is marked "FORGED / HUNTER" and lightly engraved at the tail. Barrel is somewhat weakly marked "A. LAMB JAMESTOWN. N.C. 7". The rifle is decorated with 11 German silver inlays that are lightly engraved around their peripheries and are in the shapes of shields, pointed ovals, round ovals, diamonds and hearts. A small carved powder measure is attached to the triggerguard with a thong.

Anderson Lamb was a "Jamestown School" rifle maker in Guilford County, NC who worked primarily during the middle of the 19th century. A similarly decorated half stock Lamb rifle is shown as Rifle #68 in William Ivey's "North Carolina Schools of Longrifles 1765-1865." That rifle also features 11 inlays and the author places its production circa 1845-1860. {ANTIQUE}

Good to Very Good. Bore dark, heavily oxidized with some pitting and weak but visible rifling. Metal with traces of brown, moderate oxidation, showing some scattered surface roughness, some pitting and age discoloration. Markings remain mostly legible. Lock is mechanically functional. Hammer likely replaced as it does not line up quite right with the bolster, hammer screw and washer replaced as well.  Wood with moderate wear, some loss due to burn out around the bolster and showing scattered bumps, dings, mars and scuffs.