The famous Mississippi, the Model 1841, .54 caliber percussion muzzle-loader, takes the same bullet patched with poplin.

The rifle? A Thompson/Center Hawken sidelock percussion gun in .54 caliber, a relic by today’s standards. Some 38 years later, I still have the Hawken, and she performs just as well now.

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In a Cabela’s-exclusive rifle, Pedersoli captured some of them in its Blue Ridge Flintlock Rifle, which is also offered in a percussion variant. The latter is evaluated here.

The Caliber .54, Model 1841 Rifle was the first rifle made in the percussion ignition system at a national armory.

The first truly big leap forward in long gun design came with the Caliber .54, Model 1841 Rifle, which was the first to utilize a percussion ignition system.

This .54 caliber smoothbore, single-shot flintlock Model 1836 pistol was made by Robert Johnson of Middletown, Connecticut. It has a round barrel and a barrel band strap that extends to the sideplate.