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    Help Identifying a Rifle

    Based on the style of guard, the single trigger, and the trigger being made of brass, you have a New York rifle. Shelby Gallien
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    Old Muzzleloader Identification Needed

    Pewter is basically a lot of tin with a little antimony and copper in it, but no lead so it's safe for plates, cups, and other eating/drinking utensils. Shelby Gallien
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    Old Muzzleloader Identification Needed

    Your capbox appears to be pewter, as you thought, same material used for cast nose caps on many later half-stocked rifles. Your capbox may have been cast in place, similar to casting a nose cap in place, and then screws added to make sure it didn't loosen or pull up over time... since cast...
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    Forward Lock Screw on Percussion rifle

    I looked at the rifles in Kauffman's book to see if I could see the same similarities. I've collected, bought, sold , and published on these rifles for over 40 years now, and my thoughts are a little different. Unfortunately, Kauffman's book is one of the oldest, and most out of date, references...
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    Forward Lock Screw on Percussion rifle

    The guard on your rifle, with its double spurs on the rear, is a percussion era style guard. The large, elaborate capbox suggests, to me at least, an early percusison gun. The gun could have been made as a later flint after the percussion era started, as was often done in more rural areas where...
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    Old Muzzleloader Identification Needed

    The picture of the lock plate does not help identify your rifle. It appears to be a Goulcher/Golcher commercial lock purchased at the hardware store by the gunmaker. We need to see good pictures of the rifle itself, so we can see the stock profile, cheekpiece, lock bolt washer, shaping around...
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    Southern Style Percussion

    The rifle looks very much like a Tennessee rifle with its iron mountings, banana shaped iron patchbox, and initialed barrel. The gunmaker probably had the initials "J M D" while the original owner had the initials "C M." That is the traditional way to read this type of initialed barrel. There is...
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    Looking for info on J Chandler Muzzleloader

    Several "J. Chandler" marked rifles are known, but the maker has not been identified or located. Known Chandler rifles are most closely styled like guns made in Indiana or Illinois. Shelby Gallien
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    This old gun !

    This rifle looks like a modern composite gun built around an old Dickson & Gilmore barrel by someone with very basic skills. Stock is a modern "interpretation" as are inlays, etc., but not historically accurate. Triggers appear to be original with barrel, guard may be an old guard but definitely...
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    J LUTZ FLINTLOCK

    When you post pictures, it would be good to post a picture of the name on the barrel as well, so we can see if engraved in script or stamped. It helps date a gunsmith's work. Best pictures to post would be "standard" shots of the gun: 1. front "half shot" view showing full butt out to about 8"...
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    Help with identifying musket

    From what I can see of your rifle, it is what is called a "Kentucky rifle" with curly maple stock. Based on the shape of the trigger guard's spurs, slight reverse curl at tip of front or "hair" trigger, and butt shape, the rifle may be from North Carolina. It's hard to see details on the lock...
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    Golcher plate with Thompson barrel percussion rifle

    The barrel is an old original with 7-groove rifling that has been significantly shortened during its life. Its silver barrel plate appears to be signed "S. Thompson," and the most likely maker was Samuel Thompson who first worked in PA and then in the 1820-1850 period worked in Columbus, Ohio...
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    Help in Identifying a Percussion?

    The lock appears to be a commercial "Golcher" back-action lock. Based on the style of trigger guard, the rifle probably dates to the mid-1850s. Shelby Gallien
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    Another unknown percussion rifle from the Appalachians.

    This rifle looks very much like a late 1850s gun, based on its late style guard, butt curvature with pointed toe, butt height, etc. I do not believe the gun was ever flint, but rather made as a late percussion rifle. The "cut" you see above the hammer is split off perfectly with the grain on the...
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    Original Hunting Horn

    It's a good looking blowing horn, with great patina. The scratched-in date, through all the old patina, was probably done in the last 50 years. Two details on the horn may offer clues to its age and background. The reinforcing horn ring around the bell of the horn was most commonly used in...
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    Help with Muzzloader Identification: Wesson and King

    One important detail not mentioned in the original posting, or subsequent responses, is the caliber of the rifle. The rifle itself is certainly old enough to have been used in 1859, and was a high quality firearm of its period that one would have trusted to provide good service for years...
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    very old caplock.

    Based on details on this rifle, it was made near Louisville, KY, but could be from either side of the river. The guard has a typical Louisville style "square shoulder" on the rear spur where it runs up to meet the guard's rear extension. In addition, the guard has two flats filed on it, and...
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    Brass Barreled long rifle

    There are several known brass barreled rifles. I previously owned one that was full-stocked in curly maple, less drop than this one, but had somewhat similar forestock wedge inlays with the small acorns at either end. My rifle was a late flint gun converted to percussion ca. 1825. These barrels...
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    Asking for assistance on identifying a Muzzleloader

    Despite what may be "P. Gonter" on the barrel, this rifle looks very much like a circa 1840 New England rifle stocked in faded curly cherry wood. The patchbox has New England details, and the single trigger and oval lock bolt washer are also frequently found on New England rifles. Check the...
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    Untouched "Black" Percussion Pennsylvania Rifle With Whitmire & Wolff Lock

    This good quality western PA rifle has a natural, oxidized finish on the wood. Many of these later percussion rifles had what is referred to as a "violin varnish" finish that darkened naturally as it aged. Anything more than a gentle cleaning of the wood surface, which I do not believe it needs...
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