Finally got a 62 smoothie!

[Frontier's]

Work in progress, but by golly! Shes in shooting shape!

Have to fix the hammer crack, but that's not a huge deal.

 

[Rock Home Isle]

That is exciting…I can’t wait to see how she progresses.

 

[ILoveMuzzleloading]

Wonderful!!

 

[smoothshooter]

Work in progress, but by golly! Shes in shooting shape!

Have to fix the hammer crack, but that's not a huge deal.

So what’s the story behind it, and how you got it?

 

[hanshi]

It sure is in really nice shape for a gun that age.

 

[Roundball2319]

Nice. keep us posted on the tune ups and range results.

 

[jackpine54]

Awesome!

 

[Frontier's]

Turns out to be a 16ga!

Can anyone decode this?

 

[Brazos John]

I'm sure you know, which is why you showed it, but the first proof mark in the first post with E G and a Star is missing most of the L, which would be the proof mark for Liege, Belgium. Fascinating city with its firearms history.
Show us the photos of when you shoot it!

 

[Frontier's]

Looks like 1852. Still doing some research.

 

[Grenadier1758]

@Frontier's, I am going to suggest that you get out your calipers and measure the bore. I am thinking that the 16.0 is the bore diameter, but in millimeters. That translates to 0.630" which brings your new (to you) smoothbore back to being a 20 gauge. Get some calipers before ordering any 16 gauge components.