Talk:A Captain at Fifteen (Pyatnadtsatiletniy kapitan)

Harris's Rifle

I do not think that this is a Berdan, but rather some kind of percussion lock rifle. Firstly, there is a side plate on left side of the stock, which is not there on the Berdan and implies that there is some kind of lock plate on the right side. Secondly, there is no cheek rest on the Berdan. Thirdly, That vertical tab on the Berdan is a spur on the back of the striker to cock it, so it comes out of the back of the cylindrical receiver. On this gun you can see that at the point where the spur on this rifle is the receiver/barrel has ended and there is just the wooden stock at this point. My guess is that this is the hammer of a percussion lock, as I think it is actually mounted on the right side of the gun. --commando552 (talk) 11:29, 14 December 2015 (EST)