My new Flintlock Smoothbore need Help

[German Jäger]

Hello, my friends, here are the clip from my new smooth bore shotgun!? I am a Collector and Hunter from Germany and I became it from a dealer in the south of Germany Bavaria. I hope you can help me with identifying. There was no markings Huhn only at the bar was a marker mark, but it was not readable, it is a .61 Caliber! From where it is?! How old? What Kind of Wood?! Hope to hear from youthanks

 

[German Jäger]

Here some first pics

 

[Marplot]

Looks like walnut wood with slight fiddleback.

 

[PathfinderNC]

Could you get a photo of the entire gun?
The stock looks like it has nice burl on the butt . Perhaps Walnut? (I am not familiar with European Walnut types)

 

[German Jäger]

Here are a Pic

 

[dave_person]

Hi GJ,
I believe your gun may be French or French influenced and not German. The shape of the stock and the lock point me in that direction.

dave

 

[German Jäger]

I think alsohow old you think?

 

[The Crisco Kid]

Most likely it's Juglans Regia, French Walnut.

 

[German Jäger]

What you mean juglans regia??

 

[German Jäger]

Walnut is the wood but how old is they are they a fowler type or is it not? Who has more infornation?

 

[Flintlock1640]

1800 give or take 10 years

 

[Salty Cracker]

Can anyone comment on the frizzen being reshoed? Interesting.

 

[Sooty Scot]

That's a nice looking piece.
What's the condition of the bore?
The lines remind me a bit of a Fuse de Chasse. .61 seems about right. Mine's .62