Ok, what's this, a "canoe gun"? Just kidding!

[colmoultrie]

I was up at Space Farms this past weekend with my family. We spent most of the time at the zoo, but I got about 2 minutes to snap some photos of some of the guns (see the photo section for more).

I ran across a group of interesting smoothbores. the top is a nice, but standard blunderbuss. The bottom looks like a cut-down musket, perhaps with the barrel end belled. The middle gun, however, could be a blunderbuss or a carbine (using the modern meaning :wink: ). Is anyone familiar with these?

 

[Russ T Frizzen]

The middle one looks to be a cavalry carbine. That bottom gun does look as if the buttstock has been shortened a bit but the barrel seems to be original to the piece. Perhaps an early musketoon?

 

[Rod Lassey]

Looks to be a British Paget carbine. Here's one:
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=109157888

Rod

 

[tg]

A close examination of the gun might reveal some tiny threads of wool lodged in the various nooks and crannys, which would indicate that it was likely a Blanket gun...

 

[Wes/Tex]

Butt looks a bit narrow to make a good paddle, so doubt it's a canoe-gun! :rotf: :rotf:

 

[rabjr]

Examine them for black hairs too.

 

[Chilidog]

:rotf: :rotf: Y'all crack me up... :thumbsup: