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    Looking for info on another old Musket

    The H&P stands for Hewes and Phillips. They converted flintlocks muskets to percussion during the early years of the civil war. Yes the conversions had a variety of rear sights, which is missing on this one. It's probably been rifled. But like the other musket you are looking at, this has been...
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    Talk about a rare one.

    Looks like a 4th Model Burnside. Check with the N-SSA guys, they shoot them all the time. Bullets are available.
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    Estate sale pistol

    Believe it or not, it was the shape of the hammer that made me think of a Danish gun. I've just seen it before in a book at some point and it stuck with me. It was a lucky hunch, that's all.
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    Estate sale pistol

    It looks like a Danish Model 1806 pistol that was converted to percussion, with the dog, in the 1840's. Google the above pistol and you will see them in percussion and it's original flintlock.
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    Eli Whitney Musket model1812 ?

    I wouldn't pay more than $400 if you really want it. It's probably shootable, and a nice old piece. But in it's altered condition, its lost alot of its value.
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    Eli Whitney Musket model1812 ?

    If it's cutback, then you should offer even less. Doesn't take away from the history it might have seen, but it does effect the price.
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    Enfield 1853 repro identification

    I stand corrected. Thank you for the pic. I should have looked more closely at the PH Enfields and other repros breech sections.
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    Enfield 1853 repro identification

    Eithe way, those marking are not correct for a Civil War P53. Some are commercial and some are government. I think it's just a repro that someone got stamp happy with. Looking closer at the pics, it looks like a two piece breech. You can see the seam line. PH didn't use that type of breach. Dont...
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    Enfield 1853 repro identification

    The odd thing is the stock has a BSAT rondel, but the lock and barrel both have broad arrows signifying government used. Those two things don't go together. The barrel is also stamped for 24 gauge or 58 caliber, which would represent an gun made for a Union contract during the civil war...
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    1740 Potzdam Musket ID

    I don't think it's necessarily a commercial variant, just one that doesn't have the typical engraved wrist escutcheon. They were issued to many principalities in Germany I believe. I think yours is probably made at Potzdam. If it has three flared front thimbles it dates to the late 1780s as they...
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    Just picked up a 1822 Springfield - looking for more info on it.

    Some would call it a Springfield 1822/28 others a Type 3 Model 1816. Either way it's a very nice condition musket. At Springfield they only made them through 1840, so yours was made towards the end of production. Has the Belgian cone in barrel conversion, which was a popular way to update the...
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    SOLD REDUCED Antique FRENCH Model 1822 Percussion Conversion

    Not sure , but it looks like a percussion conversion of a French M1822 rifled musket. It's not American, but might have been imported during the Civil War.
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    Caplock conversion in War of 1812?

    No it would not have been converted during the War of 1812. The first Percussion musket adopted by the US was the Model 1842 Springfield. That gun is a mystery. Its tacks and leather might denote native usage. The lock doesn't fit the mortise that it's inserted into. Doesn't mean it hasn't been...
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    Ever see one of these?

    Even the US military played with the idea including the 4 shot Ellis Repeating rifle from the 1820's. Picture a M1817 Common Rifle with a crazy breech section and a sliding lock. The Lindsey Rifle Musket was a two shot musket from the Civil War. Neither were popular or accepted for use.
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    Help identifying this half stock plains Hawkins style 60cal?

    Google the above maker, and you can see a variety of their rifles. New England target rifles have their own style, as do Ohio Rifles. It doesn't scream New England target gun. The lock, breech, furniture all look simpler than you'd see on a New England gun. Target sights weren't usually that...
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    Help identifying this half stock plains Hawkins style 60cal?

    Muzzy and Co were out of Massachusetts I believe. But they also just sold barrels so maybe the rifle wasn't manufactured by them, just used a quality barrel by them.
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    Trying to get an ID or any info really. No serial numbers or nothing

    It looks like somebody's first time at stocking a rifle. They would have used a variety of parts they had. It was not manufactured by any company so it has no serial number. Sometimes a name Might be found under the barrel, in the ramrod channel, or even under the buttplate. Besides that can't...
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    1851 Whitney question

    Prices are crazy for Civil War rifles and everything else Civil War. If it were me, I'd pay $1000, if I really wanted $1200. But that's just me. Only if the barrel has the same date as the lock, and there are no replacement parts. To me the pics look like it's in its original shape, but make...
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    1851 Whitney question

    Google it and you'll see a few past sales. If it's a private sale, offer less than what you see the dealers selling them for. Value comes down to how badly your friend wants it.
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    1851 Whitney question

    It's muzzle being turned down means it is one of about 2200 Mississippi rifles that were altered by Frederick Grosz in 1861-1862 for the state of NY. They were issued and used by troops during the Civil War. At some point it was either purchased or somehow acquired by the state of NJ, hence the...
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