Large octagonal bore

[Colm Byrne]

Hi I welcome any opinions on this long barrel octagonal bored rifle it has a rear and forward sight, no trigger guard seems to have ever been attached the proof mark might be from Holland

 

[William Lincoln]

The Old OwLs on the forum will come along soon and solve the mystery-
or give pertinent info. I am familiar with dozens of percussion guns but
this one has got me.

 

[Colm Byrne]

The Old OwLs on the forum will come along soon and solve the mystery-
or give pertinent info. I am familiar with dozens of percussion guns but
this one has got me.

Thank you very much William at least know I can be sure it is an unusual one, let's hope someone else can add shed more light on it

 

[Celticstoneman]

Very cool!

 

[waksupi]

I'm guessing an early Dutch Potsdam. Lots of them were imported from very early, right into the Civil War.

 

[desi23]

The large pic at the start of the post shows the British East India Company lion on the lock. The lock itself appear to be a flintlock converted to percussion. The barrel appears to be rifled and the bolster does not line up with the lock plate very well. The stock itself doesn't look like it really matches the rest of the parts (and doesn't seem to be inletted for a trigger guard either). My first thought is someone built a gun out of available parts, maybe in Europe though guns for the African and other primitive trade areas tended to be smoothbores. I would suspect somewhere on the Indian subcontinent to be more likely. If there are any markings visible on the barrel it might help confirm the barrels origin.