guest5234
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Anyone think this is original or repro?
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fake or good?
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that looks nothing like the original lock markings I have seen. I am pretty sure that's a reproduction.
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The stamping shadow, (bounce, or rebound) looks modern. I'm going with repro. For what it's worth, I like it.
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Counter sunk screws don’t look right either.
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Looks like a restoration, mix of original and reproduction parts.
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Locks were being stamped of that era, I think the British stopped using engravers on locks around the 1780’s.
Very well done reproduction. These people who can antique firearms are amazing. That being said it is a nice gun.
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send it to me and i will determine if its fake or not! might take a few years.
It looks like a fine repop.
It looks like a fine repop.
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Generally the ordnance markings were both stamped and engaved in that petiod and earlier. There are examples of completely engraved marking including the "TOWER". Generally, the crown was partially stamped and partially hand engraved. There were multiple small stamps used to make up he crown. The shading was hand engraved. Sometimes the cypher was engraved, sometimes stamped. These are all originals dating from 1800 to 1835. The OP one lacks the proper elements to be a real one and it lacks the kings cypher.
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Great info and observations, I’ll go with the repro position on the lock.
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Others have mentioned the bad stamping. The lock was "wiped" and then an attempt to "restore" it to something more plausible. You can see circled remnants of previous engraving...
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It kind of looks like a new land pattern lock from the 1840’s, the ones that were put on trade guns.
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I’d say both.
For one thing, the stampings newer than the rest of the gun.
They don’t show any of the light pitting found on the rest of the gun.
Still a cool piece. and is still valuable.
Ya, I thought the scews looked suspicious, too.
Kind of a cool gun, though. I'd clean it up and "restore" it and represent it as a nice repro.
I'm in the repro. camp also, even though someone did a fairly good job of "antiquing" it.
First brass trigger I have ever seen
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I missed that, first one that I’ve seen on a European gun, plenty on Oriental ones though.
Maybe it's plated? Would a brass trigger be strong enough?
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