The Perry Patent Arms Co. produced a relatively small number of military carbines along with single shot pistols and custom ordered sporting rifles in varying calibers and configurations; all of these weapons are scarce. They were based on designs by Alonzo D. Perry who previously worked as a blacksmith in New York in the 1840s and also held other unrelated patents. The company was formed in 1853 and failed around 1855 despite succeeding in getting a contract from the government for 200 carbines that year. Most of Perry's rifles and carbines, including this one, feature a tubular magazine fed through the butt that held 50 percussion caps. The rifle has full octagon barrel equipped with a dovetailed blade front sight and an adjustable notch rear sight. The matching serial number is marked on the barrel and action on top at the breech, the wedge, back of the forearm, and on the breechblock and may be found in other concealed areas. The breechblock also has "A.D. PERRY/PATENTED" at the front and "PERRY PATENT ARM Co./NEWARK, N.J." at the center. The components other than the barrel have detailed acanthus scrollwork, and the engraving patterns match those on the Perry sporting rifle in the NRA National Firearms Museum. The forearm has a pewter nose cap.

Good with a mix of brown patina and applied brown throughout, mild oxidation, light edge wear, general marks and scratches. The wood is refinished with a sliver absent from the right side of the forearm, some minor chips and dents, play in the wrist, and adhesive residue on the right side of the butt. Mechanically fine.