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  1. M

    I could use some help on and ID

    Thanks for all the help and information everyone. Looking at the data on the link posted above, they shot a 416 grain round ball and pushed it with nearly 139 grains of powder. What powder type would that be? It seems like a pretty hefty load to me.
  2. M

    I could use some help on and ID

    Just a thought on this subject in hopes of possibly differentiating whether my gun may have come to the US during the civil war or after WWII: My rifle has the scratches and dings that I would associate with the lifestyle of a field soldier's rifle. Maybe I'm grasping at straws here but it...
  3. M

    I could use some help on and ID

    I was able to measure the muzzle end of the barrel today. In one direction I got .697 between the lands. In the other direction (perpendicular to the first reading) I got .704 between the lands. I took one measurement ontop of the rifling lands and got .687. The barrel is pretty clean and...
  4. M

    I could use some help on and ID

    Point well taken. From what I have read on the Liege M1842, it appears that many of the smooth bored rifles were 71 caliber. The rifled muskets that I've been able to find information on were 69 caliber. I'm not trying to say this is a hard and fast rule or anything, just noting an...
  5. M

    I could use some help on and ID

    Thank you for the information. If you don't mind, I'd like to as a few more questions. Was there any stampings given to the rifles imported after WWII that the rifles imported during the civil war would not have? Or is there any other way of distinguishing between the two? So this gun is...
  6. M

    Hello from New Mexico

    I was hunting just a little north of Pie Town last week. I saw the biggest bull elk I've ever seen in my life. Unfortunately for me and fortunately for the elk, I had a deer tag.
  7. M

    I could use some help on and ID

    OOps, forgot to give a little more information on the rifle. The barrel is 40 1/2" long and the gun is 55 3/4" long overall. If I need to give more information or take more pics of specific parts or areas of the gun, let me know and I'll happily oblige, Mike
  8. M

    I could use some help on and ID

    This 69 cal has been in my family since the 60's, and I've had it for about 10 yrs now. I haven't shot it since I was around 12 or 13 yr old, but if memory serves correctly it had a considerable "push". The gun is reported to have been carried in the civil war, however I have no...
  9. M

    Hello from New Mexico

    I just joined up and wanted to introduce myself to everyone. My name is Mike and I live in Grants, NM. I've got 3 black powder rifles, a 50 cal CVA hawkenthat I've had the blessing of taking a couple of elk with, an unidentified 1800 era 69 cal and an IL that sits in the gun cabinet collecting...
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