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Welcome from East Anglia - the lumpy bit on the RHS of England.

...or .577cal........................

Context/explanation, please.

Welcome from the Fens of East Anglia!

Apparently it is nothing more than a narrow shelf-like addition to the side of the breech to prevent cap fragments getting caught up in the slight gap between the barrel and the wood.

Ahah.

Latest from this highly-regarded military arms expert, in beautiful Hunglish!

What's the context? It could be anything from a place to get a drink with an 'English flair' to a fitting on a gun of some kind. You can never give us too much information, but right now you've given us zilch. How are we going to help you?

Here in UK we call that a 'splinter fore-end'. It's typical of an older style of English shotgun

I don't care who made it - it's beautiful.

It sure do/does.

No use telling that to the authorities here in UK. I have two identical and genuinely antique BP rifles of the same .577cal. I just shoot one of them. The one that I don't shoot is hanging on the wall in my office - however, it cannot be seen by anybody looking through the window. The one...

My Peter Gonter rifle looked a lot like that, but the memory of it is begining to fade. :(

Could be, but the lack of captive ramrods might say differently. Perhaps Mr Person might join us and add his usual invaluable insight?

Large crown and Tower indicates military. Proof marks are good, but your images are too small to make them out well. What is the bore? They are indisputably English, though. Please take full-length photos with the pistols horizontal but without the spiffy tartan background. A table cloth...

Apply for a Colt letter to put your mind at read. Given the apparent value of the piece, it would be money well-spent.

The barrel is the tube down which the powder and projectile is loaded, in the case of a muzzleloader. The breech is the hind end of the barrel into which the propellant is put, and then the bullet. It is also the location the ignition system, be it flintlock or percussion, and which contains...

What sticks out to me is that it is a non-firing wall-hanger sold in tourist stores or bazaars abroad, and cheap decor stores in the First World.

James Purdey is not a 'walk-in' gun shop like Cabela's. At least take the courtesy to call and arrange your visit. https://www.purdey.com/?utm_source=https://www.mayfairldn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_term=tenant_referral

Are you seriously posting that English food is cr*p? All I can say to that is that if you've never eaten at any of the thousands of starred restaurants here in UK then you have missed out big time. Here's a little something to start you on your voyage of discovery ;) -...