Hey everyone, a while ago I posted trying identify some of my grandfather's old gun, you can find the old post here http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/258248/post/1003266/hl//fromsearch/1/ , anyway, I went to a civil war re-enactment the other day and I brought them with me to see if anyone could help me with them. As it turns out they could. They told me that the first rifle in the old post was an old 1860's springfield but had the berrel shortend, stock shortend, and had a difforent lock put on to it. They told me this was common for people wanting to convert their old war rifle into a hunting shotgun they can use around the farm. Unfortunatly we still can't figure out what lock it is. Now the second gun everyone in the encampment was very interested in. No one seemed to be able to figure out the make of the gun but they were able to tell me that it was either Swedish or German made. They said they believed the rifle to also be from around the 1860's and that everything was hand crafted with very fine attention. I actually overheard a few of them remark that if they knew it wasn't going to stay in the family they would buy it :haha: So I just thought I would keep you all updated on it all.
Thanks!
Tyler
Thanks!
Tyler
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