fake or good?

[2 shots]

also looks like the tail end of the lock was worked.

 

[PathfinderNC]

Wood screws, too.

 

[Smokey Plainsman]

Looks like an absolutely fantastic little repro.

 

[docholl]

Nicely teaked-up repro. I'd own it, for the right price.

 

[rickystl]

Here's a possibility: Could this be a 19th Century Belgium gun made from surplus parts - with 20th Century stamps on the lock ?
The brass trigger itself is unusual for a European gun. Note the front of the trigger guard is not inlet into the stock.

 

[Mattox Forge]

Anyone think this is original or repro?
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I think that it falls into the repro/fake category because of the fake TOWER and crown cypher put onto the lock plate and, from what I see, no barrel proofs. Since the lock plate is soft enough to get a deep impression with a large stamp it is clearly not hard. It is not an Ordnance lock, nor an Ordnance pattern. The hammer is not original, I have seen Indian repro locks that have the same mis-shaped hammer. It could well be an Indian or Pakistani repro that has been aged. The grain in the stock inducates it was not stocked by a competent stocker. It was probably never intended to be used as a gun, but rather as decoration.

If it is an old gun, it has a lot of new/repro parts on it and a lot of fake markings.

Mike