It was a customer's gun(I'm a contractor, and the owner and I were talking hunting). He wanted to know if I knew anything about strange old guns. Here's the best description I can give you of it; I didn't have a camera, and doubt the guy would've wanted someone he barely knew taking pics of his piece anyhow. He thought it was some odd .22LR.
It -seemed- to be about the diameter of a modern .410. It is percussion with a back action lock. The ramrod was very thin for the bore size, about 1/8" steel rod or so with a bore sized knob. The only sight was a front bead that was off to the left. I can't remember, but it may have had double triggers, may've been a single. It was sized for a kid/younger shooter. It had "made in Spain" and a bunch of numbers on it, no other intelligible words. It had a steel butt plate, a slim, lighter colored wood stock, and had a lot of pretty darned decent carving(French lion or maybe dragon's face) in the semi-pistol grip area. The muzzle was a bit out of round. The gun overall had a cheap, homespun look to it, and was thus neat looking. The thin ramrod, out of round muzzle, and bead off to one side left me not desiring to shoot it had the offer been made. He said it was his father in law's. I told him I thought it looked like something imported between the 1950's to early 1970's, and the local muzzle loading shop could tell him a lot more than I could. Sorry I don't have any pics. Anybody ever seen a gun like this? :hmm:
It -seemed- to be about the diameter of a modern .410. It is percussion with a back action lock. The ramrod was very thin for the bore size, about 1/8" steel rod or so with a bore sized knob. The only sight was a front bead that was off to the left. I can't remember, but it may have had double triggers, may've been a single. It was sized for a kid/younger shooter. It had "made in Spain" and a bunch of numbers on it, no other intelligible words. It had a steel butt plate, a slim, lighter colored wood stock, and had a lot of pretty darned decent carving(French lion or maybe dragon's face) in the semi-pistol grip area. The muzzle was a bit out of round. The gun overall had a cheap, homespun look to it, and was thus neat looking. The thin ramrod, out of round muzzle, and bead off to one side left me not desiring to shoot it had the offer been made. He said it was his father in law's. I told him I thought it looked like something imported between the 1950's to early 1970's, and the local muzzle loading shop could tell him a lot more than I could. Sorry I don't have any pics. Anybody ever seen a gun like this? :hmm:
