This rifle and another of the same pattern were the subject of a series of two articles by David A. Madary in the Kentucky Rifle Association's Bulletin Volume 32, No. 1 and 1 in 2010 titled "Military Short Rifles Made By Martin Fry, of York, Pennsylvania." The second rifle shown in the article is noted as owned by the United States Air Force Academy, and the second article indicates a third rifle of this pattern was also identified. These rifles are theorized to have been made for a particular military group or militia unit given the lack of state or federal markings although they may have been paid for at least in part via state or federal funding. Martin Fry produced rifles for militia use in the 1790s and worked as a federal subcontractor in the early 19th century. The rifles have some resemblance to the short "jagerbuchse" rifles used by European riflemen, including the mount for a bayonet along the right side of the barrel. The rifle is .54 caliber with 8-groove rifling, a dovetailed brass blade front sight, a dovetailed notch rear sight with a second folding leaf, and "M Fry" signed in script on top of the breech section. The furniture is mostly brass aside from the "GR" signed silver wrist escutcheon. The patchbox release is on the heel. The stock has "IB" between the side plate and the barrel tang.