Made in Japan

[bajabuc]

.66 cal at the muzzle, flintlock two piece stock. In pieces and lots broken. Shotgun or musket? Finally...someone mentioned they had one. I could not find anything online...just here. a Brown Bess...poorly reproduced.

 

[Sam squanch]

Rumor has it that some of those barrels are 2 pieces soldered or welded together, don’t shoot it.

 

[Tumbledown]

Rumor has it that some of those barrels are 2 pieces soldered or welded together, don’t shoot it.

Is there any evidence of one causing an issue?

 

[BEP]

These barrels were used on muskets sold 40 or 50 years ago. I'm sure there was no database to record any issues back then. I remember looking one over at a gun store east of Muskegon, MI on M46 back then. The round section may have been bottomed out where it was screwed into the octagon part but there was part of a thread on the round part still showing. Plainly a two-piece barrel. I passed. Perhaps perfectly safe when used with very moderate charges but there's always the "hold my beer" type who would insist on loading it as if hunting a T-Rex. Nowadays imported muzzleloaders have to have passed some form of proofing. That was not always the case, however.

 

[bajabuc]

flints! went poof! Yea!