Exceedingly rare, special order, five barrel rifle, Smith, Rhodes, and Co., Richmond, Virginia, circa 1861. The only American made 5 barrel rifle known to exist. Brass barrels are configured in a two over three configuration with the top two smoothbore barrels being .50 caliber. Two lower barrels on outsides are rifled and in .31 caliber. Lower center barrel

Literature:
Exceptional Arms, (Celebrating 50 years of arms collecting excellence fromthe private collections of the member of the American Society of Arms Collectors)American Society of Arms Collectors. National Firearms Museum, 2003. SeeExtraordinary Arms chapte

Very good original condition with only minor rubs and dents; chip in tip of one ramrod; the detent that holds the cocked trigger guard in each of the three positions over the selected nipple is non-
functional; a rare piece of American firearm history.