This Model 1841 is marked "HARPERS/FERRY/1845" vertically behind the hammer and "eagle/US" ahead of the hammer on the lock plate. The barrel tang has faint date stamp (possibly 1846), "V/P/eagle head" and "WW/P" proofmarks. It is equipped with brass blade front and folding ladder rear sights; the rear sight is graduated 1-4 on the base and 5-10 on the ladder. The rifle is fitted with a straight wrist walnut stock with brass furniture including a patch box and unmarked buttplate. The bottom of the patch box has some hand carved letters. The right side of the barrel has a bayonet lug for the included saber bayonet. Sling swivels are mounted to the front barrel band and the trigger guard. The Model 1841 is considered by collectors to be one of the most attractive of all U.S. percussion long guns and was famously used by Mississippi forces under the command of Jefferson Davis during the Mexican-American War. Both Union and Confederate forces used these rifles during the Civil War.

Fair. The iron surfaces have a mixture of gray and brown patina and spotting. Most of the brass furniture has a lightly aged patina, but the buttplate has a darker patina and numerous dings. The stock is fair as sanded and re-oiled and has several dings, scrapes, and marks along with a few chips at the edges. There is a repair on the left flat that extends down to the trigger guard and a small crack on the opposite side. The action functions fine. The bayonet is poor with a dark patina on the blade which is pitted and oxidized and an aged patina on the handle.