12 Gauge Smooth Bore from family

[charcoalmaker]

1860 162 years old and I still use it.

 

[charcoalmaker]

Thank you people at the range says l'm crazy to still be using it but i treat it kindly

 

[Shotgunblast]

With reduced loads it would be very pleasant to shoot anything and everything.

 

[Shotgunblast]

How much weight is it?

 

[charcoalmaker]

she's a true bore no choke fire 60 grains 2f 1 oz 7.5 shot tree rats are afraid lol

 

[charcoalmaker]

around 6 lbs

 

[charcoalmaker]

a few more pic.

 

[LME]

1860 162 years old and I still use it.

The screw holding the hammer on looks exactly like the screw on the Kit Carson,s Hawkin rifle? Could it be two rifles were made by the same man?I thought gunsmiths made their pins and screws?

 

[charcoalmaker]

It's possible this one was made in Belgium

 

[smoothshooter]

a few more pic.

How about a full-length side view picture of right and left sides that are not vertical in your post?
I am thinking of converting a repro musket to a half-stocked gun.
Sears and Roebuck used to sell converted Springfields bored out to smoothbore in 24 and 20 gauge with the barrels and stocks cut back for economical pot hunting shotguns around 1900 and listed them in their catalogs for around $2.50 each, if I remember correctly.
My great-grandfather said he had one for years that he used on and around the farm up until sometime in the 1940’s ( he was born about 1881 and got the gun in the late 1890’s ) and said it was a very good gun, and was a lot cheaper to shoot than the newer shotguns that used the paper shells.

 

[ohio ramrod]

Treat it well and it will outlast you.

 

[charcoalmaker]

here are some more pic. sorry for the poor views trying to learn.

 

[charcoalmaker]

Sorry for the delay in posting...had the old gal in the woods

 

[charcoalmaker]

yes and the wife made it back also.....lol

 

[charcoalmaker]

Yes the made it back also.....lol