Help with identification

[bob_hoyer]

Quote: "I'd like to see a picture looking straight down at the breech area, and a close up of the left side breech area."

I hope these will fill the bill.

EDIT -- It's funny what you might see in a photograph that you missed with the naked eye. There is some possibility that the photo below shows a maker's mark. Looks like it may have been stamped in with either one or two stamps. At the bottom is five diamonds in an X array and above that what appears to be a capital letter "I" although it could also be an "L" with the lower leg obscured. Sorry about photo quality. It is hard to get a good image on the curved surface of the barrel. You can possibly see the diamonds better in the left-side photo.

 

[thomas]

Bob, Hate to say this, but those diamond marks look like vise marks. I've seen these all to many time's on guns that people messed with & didn't know what they were doing!

Thomas

 

[bob_hoyer]

I think this subject has probably run its course. So I want to say thank you to everyone who contributed.

I have taken the entire 'thread' verbatim and compiled it into a short report for Jim, my neighbor. I also framed the beautiful scratchboard drawing that his dad made of the flintlock pistol. I know Jim will be very appreciative of the info you have given him. He is just that kind of guy. And I have learned a good deal along the way. It was fun.

If anyone has more to add on either the pistol or the artwork, I will check back here from time to time to see what was said. Right now I am getting ready to take a trip to visit kids and grandkids.

Bob Hoyer