Please help to identify flintlock........Thanks!!!
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smoothshooter
50 Cal.
Need horizontal full-length pictures. Both sides.
It is a smoothbore and may get some more focused looks in the Smoothbore Forum or in the Identification Forum.
The gun looks to be well made.
The gun looks to be well made.
Thanks for the advice
I just noticed it has a 3 stage barrel. Jim Kibler explained these were often found on mid- grade export Fowing pieces from England. The engraving isn’t very fine and the thumb piece is off- center. Lack of proof marks might support its being made for export.
Proportionally it looks like a cut down Fowler to me. But having an iron ramrod that seems to fit the pipes (wooden ramrods were thicker) is another curiosity. I don’t know if Fowlers ever were equipped with iron or steel rammers?
It has no front sight. Also, a curiosity is the long exposed barrel with a brass nose cap, which makes me thing a for- military conversion?
Finally the lock is unbridled which could mean an early piece.
One other possibility might be a lower grade private purchase military carbine.
It looks like it’s in wonderful condition and hope your search for info on it is fruitful.
Proportionally it looks like a cut down Fowler to me. But having an iron ramrod that seems to fit the pipes (wooden ramrods were thicker) is another curiosity. I don’t know if Fowlers ever were equipped with iron or steel rammers?
It has no front sight. Also, a curiosity is the long exposed barrel with a brass nose cap, which makes me thing a for- military conversion?
Finally the lock is unbridled which could mean an early piece.
One other possibility might be a lower grade private purchase military carbine.
It looks like it’s in wonderful condition and hope your search for info on it is fruitful.
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westrayer
40 Cal
If it was mine, I would have a set of sights silver soldered onto it.
What is the bore? .62 or .75?
What is the bore? .62 or .75?
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My first question is has it been shortened? My instinctive guess is that it is a trade musket, maybe early to middle 1800s for export sale, made in France or Belgium. The steel rammer is a musket thing. The stamped lettering signifies later industrial technology, but the styling of the details feels late 1700s, and trade items generally were not about the latest style.
