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    hall rifle

    Not on originals. I can't speak in regards to reproductions, but as originally made the barrel includes the square portion. The supporters are then screwed and forge welded onto it. There is a guy on eBay parting out a third production Hall right now that would supply most of the parts you...
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    Musket Proof ID

    I am not sure what the various crown stamps indicate, but the musket appears to be a Dutch M1815/41.
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    1809 prussian rifle

    Try PB Blaster or soaking the breech end of the barrel in motor oil. I would generally advise against heating a Prussian cone, as the bolster is threaded and brazed on and can come loose if you get it too hot. But if you are going to apply heat to it be sure it is unloaded. As a last resort you...
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    Does anyone know what this rifle is?

    It is a shortened German musket after the Prussian M1839 pattern. A number of small states used muskets based on the Prussian M1839. These are usually only distinguished by buttplate markings or rear sights in the case of rifled examples. The lack of a raised cheek rest is interesting. Look on...
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    Combination tools for 1853 Enfield and 1861 Springfield

    S&S Firearms. Especially with the US M1855 or M1863 tool I would spend the extra money and buy an original. The finish and metal quality is better. Original Enfield tools are considerably more expensive than US pattern tools, so you might consider a reproduction on that end, unless you are...
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    Converted 1855 Tower Musket

    An excellent find in deed. Any P1851 is a hard gun to find, but a CH1 marked example is a real rarity, even in that condition. There are only about a dozen that are known to survive. Here is a example from my collection in its original military configuration.
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    Friends unidentified gun

    It is an Austrian M1842 percussion altered by Henry Leman. After its military service it was cut down into a shotgun.
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    Original firearm

    It appears to be a heavily sporterized Austrian M1844 Kammerbuchse that was percussion altered. With a photo of the lock and bolster it will be possible to tell where it was altered. Value is essentially in parts due to the modification of the stock.
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    1766...

    The band spring locations indicate this gun was made no earlier than 1816. Please post a photo of the opposite side of the buttstock, as well as any barrel proofs, and cartouches on the stock flat. Knowing the length of the barrel would also be helpful.
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    1861 Springfield two bands

    It's an American made Enfield short rifle by JP Moore.
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    Austrian Lorenz

    Very much so. The Lorenz family of arms are quite accurate when used with their intended ammunition. I believe most of the period complaints about them stemmed generally from the use of American sized .54 caliber ammunition, which is too small to adequately expand to take the rifling...
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    Enfield Calvary Carbine?

    Yes, there is a P1856 Cavalry Carbine. This one is a copy made in one of the ______stans or India.
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    Austrian Lorenz

    I looked at the exact wording of the Wikipedia quote and am honestly not sure what the poster means. In any event it is incorrect. The M1854 Rifle-Musket in Austrian service was fitted with two different types of rear sights, but both had the exact same rifling pattern and twist rate. The "type...
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    WANTED 1836

    It's a reconversion. The ramrod is also incorrect, and the stock heavily sanded. I doubt many collectors would have any interest in it other than parts. It's probably a $600 or $700 gun tops.
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    New to me M1842 Harpers Ferry or ? ?

    The rear sight is correct for this Miles Greenwood rifled and sighted M1842. This style of rear sight, I call it the small base Greenwood, appears to have been used on guns that he altered for Indiana. Greenwood did not "beef-up" the front sights on guns he fitted these rear sights to like he...
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    1861 tower enfield

    It's a British P1853 type III Rifle-Musket. The patchbox is a non-military featured added by a former owner. Are there any markings on the buttplate or stamped into the wood in front of it or behind the trigger guard?
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    Help with info on a Springfield M1816

    It's from Brooke Evans' contract. Evans contracted for 10,000 M1816 type I muskets in 1821. Technically they were assigned to him from John Rodgers' defunct contract. 8,230 of them were listed in storage in the Virginia Adjutant-General's report on the State's arms. As such, it is quite common...
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    Old 1842 Springfield I guess please confirm?!

    As others have pointed out it is a M1822. The maker is Henry Osborne of Springfield, Massachusetts. Osborne did not have a government contract for arms, rather, he made up muskets for private sale often using surplus or condemned components from the Springfield Armory.
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    New to me Harpers Ferry flintlock

    It is a type IV based on the production date, location of the band springs, and what I assume is a nominally 42 inch barrel. I don't believe the groove in the barrel is the result of any defect in the manufacturing process. If it was, the barrel would have been rejected even if it managed to...
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    Wall Relic

    It is/was an Austrian M1854 Jagerstutzen.
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