Help. Anyone have any idea of what kind of gun this is?

[ayoder17]

I apologize ahead of time for my complete lack of knowledge on any and all things to do with this but any info is much appreciated!!!!

Thx everybody

 

[Loyalist Dave]

THAT is a Markwell Arms .58 caliber (24 Gauge), coach gun, aka Blunderbuss. Some folks say "Maxwell arms" but that is not correct. Probably circa 1970's

LD

 

[tenngun]

They were like a hundred and fifty dollars
Almost bought one but a girl friend talked me out of it
Guns like that aren’t useful for anything …. Except real fun to shoot

 

[ayoder17]

THAT is a Markwell Arms .58 caliber (24 Gauge), coach gun, aka Blunderbuss. Some folks say "Maxwell arms" but that is not correct. Probably circa 1970's

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LD

So does the carving mean anything?

 

[ayoder17]

They were like a hundred and fifty dollars
Almost bought one but a girl friend talked me out of it
Guns like that aren’t useful for anything …. Except real fun to shoot

Does the carving mean anything

 

[tenngun]

Does the carving mean anything

Blunderbusses were real popular at sea, owner wanted to put on a stylized ship on it?

 

[brushblind]

Looks like sails on a ship but it probably only means something to whomever carved it.

 

[Grenadier1758]

@ayoder17, that carving means the original builder wanted the gun to identify as a pirate's gun or a ship's gun. It also means that shooting it righthanded will be hard on the cheek.

 

[SDSmlf]

Your gun looks to have the same bones (too bad about the termite like looking attack to the stock) as one I own stamped Mendi. If these are not made by Mendi, they’re made by the same manufacturer.

I call it my ‘budget’ blunderbuss (picked it up in an estate lot purchase). 13-1/2” barrel (including the bell), percussion, grade 2 pallet wood, ‘24 Cal’ whatever that means (close to 26 gauge at .56” bore), etc.

Ok, the gun is a blast to shoot. The kids, large and small seem to love it. I bring it out on the 4th or anytime there is crowd and need or want an obnoxious noise maker. Put balloons up a few feet in front of the kids, load 30/50 grains or so of whatever is ‘excess inventory’ powder under a cottonball (make sure to use the 100% pure cotton kind), and enough ‘stuff’ comes out of the muzzle to pop balloons, make smoke and a big boom. The kids think they’re Captain Jack and line up to shoot it. Good chance to teach gun handling safety and introduce young (and old) to ‘traditional’ muzzleloading. Unfortunately, it is as close to it as many will ever get.

Before you try the above load, get clearance from the grounds crew. Brother in-law’s bride had a fit trying to keep up with cottonball fuzz and ballon fragments in her back yard.’

Clean yours up and have fun with it.

 

[snakebit]

They were like a hundred and fifty dollars
Almost bought one but a girl friend talked me out of it
Guns like that aren’t useful for anything …. Except real fun to shoot

Hope you dumped her

 

[Phil Coffins]

They were like a hundred and fifty dollars
Almost bought one but a girl friend talked me out of it
Guns like that aren’t useful for anything …. Except real fun to shoot

Smart girl!

 

[Jaeger]

So does the carving mean anything?

(1) The carver gets an "E" for Effort. (2) The carver needs to finish what he started.

 

[Sam squanch]

If you want to sell it, list it here. Someone will buy it, everyone loves a blunderbuss!

 

[Loyalist Dave]

If you want to sell it, list it here. Someone will buy it, everyone loves a blunderbuss!

The nice thing about this one is that it's 24 gauge, AND it has a rammer. The new ones from Traditions are 28 gauge and without ramrod....

LD

 

[sussexmuzllodr]

Interesting patch box....

 

[dracer]

take it out and shoot it

 

[tom in nc]

It needs a new stock!