This flintlock fowling piece heavily resembles the designs of the early American/Pennsylvania/Kentucky long rifle with its extra long barrel, maple full stock with brass furniture, and rifle style blade front and notch rear sights. Its simple design and elegant goose-neck hammer suggest pre-Revolutionary manufacture and it may have been made by a gunsmith in Pennsylvania alongside early American long rifles. It is unmarked as is common for American firearms produced in that period. The stock has some nicely carved designs on the upper wrist. The long smoothbore barrel and overall lightweight design would have made this fowling piece easy to carry in the field and accurate for hunting fowl with bird shot, larger game with buck shot, and as a weapon for self defense and militia use with a single musket type ball or "buck and ball" load. Many unassuming privately owned firearms were utilized in 18th century warfare by the under equipped American militias including during the American Revolution. It includes a wooden ramrod.

Good as reconverted to flintlock configuration. The barrel and lock have a mixture of faded original finish and patina with some minor pitting. The brass furniture has an attractive aged patina. There are some scattered scratches on the metal surfaces. The restored wood is fine with some pins, chips, and slivers absent, a few minor scratches and dings, and a handsome tiger stripe pattern. The action needs some attention. Overall a fine example of an early American firearm that may have seen use in colonial wars or the American Revolution and that was certainly a prized possession that put food on the table for the original owner.