Is this a “one of a kind?”

[John Henry]

Pedro Jose Aguirre built this gun some time long ago. It was gifted to me from a friend that does not shoot or hunt. I have searched to net and can only find pistols made by Aguirre.
Is this a one of a kind? Any information would be greatly appreciated!

 

[TechMoron]

Don't have any newsflash for ya. But to my untrained eye, it looks like he took the internals from a left-hand lock & somehow adapted them to right hand. Probably from necessity & lack of other options.

 

[Sam squanch]

Spanish miquelet shotgun. May have been flintlock originally. They made lots of these, but you don’t see too many around in good condition. Make sure it’s not loaded. Neat old gun!

 

[Sam squanch]

I see you are from Florida. That makes sense that kind of Spanish gun would be used there. Who knows, maybe it was used in the Seminole wars.

 

[Sam squanch]

PS- the ramrod is supposed to be like that, it’s made to spring a bit and the ramrod hole goes past the lock area down into the butt stock.

 

[Rudyard]

Spanish miquelet shotgun. May have been flintlock originally. They made lots of these, but you don’t see too many around in good condition. Make sure it’s not loaded. Neat old gun!

Bang on Sam if I think its made percussion I saw a lot of these sorts in Spain years ago . 1964 Franko's Spain . Whether there is any connection with the AYA shotguns no idea but it stands for Aguirre & Aranthable however its spelt .I think that hole at the front end was for some sort of saftey nipple cap. nice lion hammer interesting gun ..
Regards Rudyard .

P S all z words are pronounced as a TH in Castlinian Spannish something to do with Rey Alphonso Qinthy ( Fifth ) who had a short toungue /Lisp didnt seem to apply to Colonies only Court circles and some regions of Spain

 

[John Henry]

Don't have any newsflash for ya. But to my untrained eye, it looks like he took the internals from a left-hand lock & somehow adapted them to right hand. Probably from necessity & lack of other options.

I’ll post a picture of the left side when I get a chance.

 

[John Henry]

Spanish miquelet shotgun. May have been flintlock originally. They made lots of these, but you don’t see too many around in good condition. Make sure it’s not loaded. Neat old gun!

I did take it to a smith and he doesn’t think it’s loaded.

 

[Banjoman]

I did take it to a smith and he doesn’t think it’s loaded.

Don’t mean to sound rude, but thinking it’s not loaded and knowing it’s not loaded are two different things. I once traded for a Thompson Center Hawken barrel and the guy I got it from swore it was unloaded. When I dropped a ram rod down the barrel I knew immediately it was loaded. So, I replaced the nipple with a grease fitting and pumped grease into it with a grease gun. Out came a round ball, a charge of powder, another round ball and another charge of powder! He acted surprised and embarrassed.

I’ve bought several used muzzleloaders that were supposed to be unloaded but actually weren’t.