Please help identify this crude kit rifle.

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I'm gonna try to polish this sows ear. I tried to shape the trigger guard and it broke where it had one of the 4 off center screw holes drilled. I may just get some 3/8 x 1/8" flat steel and make my own trigger Guard. Thinking of making it a half stock as the wood is extremely thin after the spot where the first band is. I don't want to sink a ton of money into this thing, just get it functional, and more finished looking. At least so it's not embarrassing to pull out in front of my buddies at the range.
I was given a similar project by the widow of a very good friend. He was rebuilding a parts gun and had no worked on it for10 years before his passing. I am attempting to finish it in his honor. Very slow go. Good luck.
 
Picked this up in trade a few years back. I literally have nothing into it. It has a 42" 50 cal. 7/8" barrel. The barrel and lock are both unmarked that I can tell. It is a pretty poorly put together kit. I hope to get a new piece of wood and start over completely. At this point I figure I have a barrel and a cheap lock and a few pieces of crude furniture. Probably do a barrel wedge, or pin it to the stock, and ditch the barrel bands. I really don't care if it looks authentic. I just want to make it functional. My guess this is something thrown together back in the heyday at DGW as a kit, but nothing really matches up, and barely functions without lots of work.
Worked on it some today, made up some screw escuthcheons from old 38 special cartridges. Re-inlet the trigger mechanism , and working on fitting screws to hold everything together. I picked up a short section of 1/4" galvanized pipe to make ramrod pipes. Need to find an appropriate piece of scrap for an under barrel lug. More pics to follow. This will not be a pretty rifle to anyone but myself. But hopefully it shoots when I get it done.
 

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