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Wife picked this up for me for are anniversary. It is a rifle / shotgun combo that Mic’s at 40 cal and 16 gauge. D Fish New York is marked on the rib and I can find know other markings. The 40 cal barrel seems odd shaped to me like the bullet would be an octagon. I could not find much info on Daniel fish and could not find many guns that he built. Any info on this gun would be greatly appreciated. I don’t want to start cleaning it up and find out this is a gun I shouldn’t have touched.
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cgoff said:
Wife picked this up for me for are anniversary. It is a rifle / shotgun combo that Mic’s at 40 cal and 16 gauge. D Fish New York is marked on the rib and I can find know other markings. The 40 cal barrel seems odd shaped to me like the bullet would be an octagon. I could not find much info on Daniel fish and could not find many guns that he built. Any info on this gun would be greatly appreciated. I don’t want to start cleaning it up and find out this is a gun I shouldn’t have touched.View attachment 361469View attachment 361470View attachment 361471View attachment 361472
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Interesting later percussion double. And your wife sounds like she may be a keeper. Might be some here wanting to know if she has any available sisters.
 
Daniel Fish was a New York City gunsmith known for high quality . Yours is a solid, but medium quality gun. Many of his guns are still around, including combination guns like yours. Your barrel arrangement is typical of many 2-shot combination firearms . According to Swinney, Fish probably apprenticed to Jeremiah Youmans and then went out on his own in 1826 and then apparently worked in various NYC locations until the mid 1870's
 
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Daniel Fish was a New York City gunsmith known for high quality . Yours is a solid, but medium quality gun. Many of his guns are still around, including combination guns like yours. Your barrel arrangement is typical of many 2-shot combination firearms . According to Swinney, Fish probably apprenticed to Jeremiah Youmans and then went out on his own in 1826 and then apparently worked in various NYC locations until the mid 1870's
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Thanks for the info
 

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