Daniel fish double

[cgoff]

Wife picked this up for me for are anniversary. It is a rifle / shotgun combo that Mic’s at 40 cal and 16 gauge. D Fish New York is marked on the rib and I can find know other markings. The 40 cal barrel seems odd shaped to me like the bullet would be an octagon. I could not find much info on Daniel fish and could not find many guns that he built. Any info on this gun would be greatly appreciated. I don’t want to start cleaning it up and find out this is a gun I shouldn’t have touched.

 

[SDSmlf]

Wife picked this up for me for are anniversary. It is a rifle / shotgun combo that Mic’s at 40 cal and 16 gauge. D Fish New York is marked on the rib and I can find know other markings. The 40 cal barrel seems odd shaped to me like the bullet would be an octagon. I could not find much info on Daniel fish and could not find many guns that he built. Any info on this gun would be greatly appreciated. I don’t want to start cleaning it up and find out this is a gun I shouldn’t have touched.View attachment 361469View attachment 361470View attachment 361471View attachment 361472

Interesting later percussion double. And your wife sounds like she may be a keeper. Might be some here wanting to know if she has any available sisters.

 

[OLUT]

Daniel Fish was a New York City gunsmith known for high quality . Yours is a solid, but medium quality gun. Many of his guns are still around, including combination guns like yours. Your barrel arrangement is typical of many 2-shot combination firearms . According to Swinney, Fish probably apprenticed to Jeremiah Youmans and then went out on his own in 1826 and then apparently worked in various NYC locations until the mid 1870's

 

[Loyer]

I got a pair of sox for our anniversary.

 

[cgoff]

Daniel Fish was a New York City gunsmith known for high quality . Yours is a solid, but medium quality gun. Many of his guns are still around, including combination guns like yours. Your barrel arrangement is typical of many 2-shot combination firearms . According to Swinney, Fish probably apprenticed to Jeremiah Youmans and then went out on his own in 1826 and then apparently worked in various NYC locations until the mid 1870's

Thanks for the info