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    Jenks Mule Ear Carbine-I think

    According to "Ian" on a rock island auction video the caliber was actually .52 but there was confusion in an original navy document. Anyone else know about this? https://www.full30.com/video/ffd269729cde4c64d3c47f4bf506ed5f
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    Jenks Mule Ear Carbine-I think

    Possibly. Also the other Jenks I've researched had a brownish barrel (some kind of treatment?) and it looks like someone may have tried to remove it to "restore" this one.
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    Jenks Mule Ear Carbine-I think

    Good golly I never thought about that. Verboten? Edit: If this is not for this forum, mods please delete. My ignorance is my only excuse.
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    Jenks Mule Ear Carbine-I think

    Howdy, new to the forum but recently acquired some percussion rifles. I believe this is a Jenks. No information on where it was acquired. The color of the barrel is odd and makes me wonder if it was "cleaned" by someone. Also there are bands around the barrel and around the neck that seem...
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    Identify this rifle...french?

    I intend to post pictures of what I believe is a Jenks mule-ear navy carbine in the appropriate forum next, and have a few bayonets to ID but the rest is pretty pedestrian. If I haven't emphasized it enough your knowledge and this website have been invaluable. So if you are ever in Texas and...
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    Identify this proof mark?

    WoNA=war of northern aggression? I like it! But to be fair my ancestors (Fredericksburg, Texas or close enough) tried to abstain from the war. Damned pacifists...
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    Identify this rifle...french?

    As I sort through these I have to wonder whether these are valuable enough to require special storage, should I be taking special precautions etc...should they be insured? I do not own them but may be asked to find them new homes. I have a large gun safe with modern weapons. Good enough?
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    Identify this rifle...french?

    Included the image because I'm not sure exactly where to take the measurement
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    Identify this rifle...french?

    I found a similar styled stock on a french double; would this be a genre of stock or is this the work of a single shop/craftsman? http://www.icollector.com/French-High-Art-double-barrel-Flintlock-Fowler-converted-to-percussion-with-fancy-high-relief-hall_i14158260
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    Identify this proof mark?

    I hope I'm not pestering, but does the fact that the rifle was NOT bored out to .54 imply that it was probably a confederate rifle? The last owner left no record of how he acquired it, in fact family did not know he owned the collection. It was found in his "gun closet."
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    Identify this rifle...french?

    Is it possible this is a fowler? Muzzle end thinner than I would expect.
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    Identify this rifle...french?

    Also I don't know if these barrel lugs help...
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    Identify this rifle...french?

    Another rifle I recieved from same estate. On the lock plate is "drouin" I believe a name, and "a nogent le ro..." probably "rotrou", as in Nogent le Rotrou. Made in Nogent le Rotrou?
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    Identify this proof mark?

    Crudely measured the ID at muzzle is 14 mm. Definitely under .5 inch. And with a date of 1860 I'm guessing it would not have been made for export, rather accepted into service in Austria then later exported? PS this has been very helpful. I have a few other items for which I plan to seek...
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    Identify this proof mark?

    With that information i was able to find an identical proof mark on (as you pointed out) a lorenz rifle made in vienna in 1861. Apparrently mine is 1860 "type I". I thought the arrow mark was an assembly key but now I wonder if it is a maker's mark...
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    Identify this proof mark?

    Thank you sir. I can see I have a lot to learn.
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    Identify this proof mark?

    Thanks for any help you can give, I'm stumbling in the dark here...
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    Identify this proof mark?

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    Identify this proof mark?

    Howdy, I'm new to the forum and to antique firearms. I recently came into possession of a number of percussion rifles but several have me stumped. I don't know all the terminology but this rifle has no markings except the following. I'll test this then try more. I can't find the origin of this...
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