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You have an Underhammer rifle! The nipple for the percussion cap is under the barrel where the hammer hits. These were mainly a New England design, cheap to make. DON’T CLEAN it or do anything with it until you find out exactly who made it, some of these are VERY collectible! An expert will be along soon on these guns…
Sam squanch
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PS- this may still be loaded, so be careful.
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looks like a fine underhammer built using a E. Remington barrel. maker looks like B.S Moulton in Proctorsville VT.
what a treasure!
ps just an added bit. Eliphalet Remington was the founder of Remington Arms. an engineer he started making barrels and grew from there. nice piece of history you have.
what a treasure!
ps just an added bit. Eliphalet Remington was the founder of Remington Arms. an engineer he started making barrels and grew from there. nice piece of history you have.
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Makes me want to get a Hopkins & Allen rifle again! And they're pistol, too.
You said, "the flint is under the gun". It is not a flintlock. It is a percussion.
Nice, collectable gun, probably from about the middle 1800's, but as has been mentioned do not try to clean or polish it. That could destroy its value to a collector.
With the stock damage I doubt it is shootable.
Always with these old muzzleloading guns, you should check to be sure it is not loaded. Some of these guns, even a couple hundred years old, are still loaded and could still go off. On yours's the ramrod appears to be missing, but you can take any long stick or a dowel that will easily fit down the bore to check for a load. Just push the ramrod/stick/dowel down the bore starting at the muzzle. Where it stops, mark the stick where it extends out of the muzzle. Then, take the stick and lay it alongside the barrel, on the outside, with the mark you just made being right there at the muzzle end of the barrel. If the stick extends all the way back to the breech, just behind the nipple, then the gun is not loaded. If, however, the stick doesn't reach that far, then it may be loaded or otherwise have some obstruction in the barrel.
Nice, collectable gun, probably from about the middle 1800's, but as has been mentioned do not try to clean or polish it. That could destroy its value to a collector.
With the stock damage I doubt it is shootable.
Always with these old muzzleloading guns, you should check to be sure it is not loaded. Some of these guns, even a couple hundred years old, are still loaded and could still go off. On yours's the ramrod appears to be missing, but you can take any long stick or a dowel that will easily fit down the bore to check for a load. Just push the ramrod/stick/dowel down the bore starting at the muzzle. Where it stops, mark the stick where it extends out of the muzzle. Then, take the stick and lay it alongside the barrel, on the outside, with the mark you just made being right there at the muzzle end of the barrel. If the stick extends all the way back to the breech, just behind the nipple, then the gun is not loaded. If, however, the stick doesn't reach that far, then it may be loaded or otherwise have some obstruction in the barrel.
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that barrel was made prior to 1865 as E Remington became E Remington and son around 1840, then it became E. Remington and sons.
i would give a bunch to have that gun. the stock appears to have been wire bound at one time.
love it!
i would give a bunch to have that gun. the stock appears to have been wire bound at one time.
love it!
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Nice looking under-hammer you got there.
Pretty cool gun; good advice given in posts above.
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There's a town of Rancocas in South Jersey. New Jersey, that is! Not the one near England! 
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What does the bore look like? Remington was making very good cast steel barrels by this time and were only second in quality to Shiefield compressed cast barrel steel of England. Both barrel steels were used in the very finest match rifles of the period.
Remington barrel, for sure. It is worth a pretty penny and it'd be worth your while to have it examined and appraised by a KNOWELGIBLE.antique arms expert (in person). Do not try to "clean it up" or let someone "restore" it who is not an accredited expert.
It's a valuable piece of American history in itself. If any documented history of this piece can be obtained, just do it and keep it with the piece. Enjoy!!
It's a valuable piece of American history in itself. If any documented history of this piece can be obtained, just do it and keep it with the piece. Enjoy!!
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It looks like the original trigger guard broke and someone made a copper replacement.
If the bore is good, maybe a replacement stock could be made and keep the old one for collector value.
Are there any sights on it?
If the bore is good, maybe a replacement stock could be made and keep the old one for collector value.
Are there any sights on it?
