Virtakuono
32 Cal
Hello. I recently acquired an old Swedish percussion smoothbore, that the seller said was from 1850 and made in Sweden, but that is about all info i have on it.
I would love to learn more about it, but i think my chances are rather slim to find out the maker, but let's see.
I found a stamp under the barrel that reads 1846, and above it is something that i would say is 1853, but i am not sure;
I also found couple of other stamps too, there was stamp under the butt plate and also a stamp on the triggerguard, presumably from the persons/organizations who have molded the parts.
Stamp on the buttplate, I.K
And the stamp under the triggerguard.
Then under the biggest brass ramrod tube there was scribing;
Which seems to say IIIIIVX. i don't know if it has any significance to the weapon's recognizing though.
I used a caliper to measure the barrel's inner diameter at the muzzle, it is 19mm.
The brass endpiece is missing, and the ramrod has broken. it seems to be pretty crudely made from a branch of a tree or something, it is pretty uneven and has at least once before been repaired, it seems.
The rear sight is just a groove filed to the barrel with a screw aligning with the groove.
The front sight is a very low piece of brass, i would imagine aiming with this thing hasn't been too easy.
The lock has no markings anywhere, not inside nor outside.
Anyone have any idea about the origins of this thing? I will scour swedish pages about these things as well, i know the language well so it is easy. I might also join swedish forums to find out more.
Thanks even if we will not find out anything about it!
I would love to learn more about it, but i think my chances are rather slim to find out the maker, but let's see.
I found a stamp under the barrel that reads 1846, and above it is something that i would say is 1853, but i am not sure;
I also found couple of other stamps too, there was stamp under the butt plate and also a stamp on the triggerguard, presumably from the persons/organizations who have molded the parts.
Stamp on the buttplate, I.K
And the stamp under the triggerguard.
Then under the biggest brass ramrod tube there was scribing;
Which seems to say IIIIIVX. i don't know if it has any significance to the weapon's recognizing though.
I used a caliper to measure the barrel's inner diameter at the muzzle, it is 19mm.
The brass endpiece is missing, and the ramrod has broken. it seems to be pretty crudely made from a branch of a tree or something, it is pretty uneven and has at least once before been repaired, it seems.
The rear sight is just a groove filed to the barrel with a screw aligning with the groove.
The front sight is a very low piece of brass, i would imagine aiming with this thing hasn't been too easy.
The lock has no markings anywhere, not inside nor outside.
Anyone have any idea about the origins of this thing? I will scour swedish pages about these things as well, i know the language well so it is easy. I might also join swedish forums to find out more.
Thanks even if we will not find out anything about it!
