Perhaps it's a forend for a .320 Revolving Rifle.... the colorful material you refer to could be "Gutta Percha"....
I'll second the idea of the revolving rifle. As to the quote I carried to this answer, I asked that about a lot of stuff I found when going through my Pop's stuff. It is how I got an 1866 barreled action for a trapdoor. Never knew Pop had it.usgsmapper said:I'm sure Dad didn't have a revolving rifle, at least in my lifetime. Makes me wonder where it came from.
Drew I'm willing to bet that you have one hell of a library.Sebago Son said:Perhaps it's a forend for a .320 Revolving Rifle.... the colorful material you refer to could be "Gutta Percha"....