Steel Hayes
Collector of cheap antiquities
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I’m looking to trade a two of a kind(the other is in a museum in Vermont) an 1858 .58 smoothbore.
This gun is documented to Wales Carlton, a gun maker who took rejected Springfield barrels and made them into spartan sufficient hunting guns for former slaves and freedmen who made it east before the start of the war.
Everything works great, lock is tight, nipple is newer, hammer locks in both half and full cock. I’ve used this gun for Turkey hunting for a couple years now and it still patterns great at 35-40 yards with #4 shot. Barrel has minor pitting, but no major faults. The forward thimble has a solder repair.
I’m looking for a possible trade to a .62 flintlock, possibly a .32 flinter.
Thanks for looking.
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This gun is documented to Wales Carlton, a gun maker who took rejected Springfield barrels and made them into spartan sufficient hunting guns for former slaves and freedmen who made it east before the start of the war.
Everything works great, lock is tight, nipple is newer, hammer locks in both half and full cock. I’ve used this gun for Turkey hunting for a couple years now and it still patterns great at 35-40 yards with #4 shot. Barrel has minor pitting, but no major faults. The forward thimble has a solder repair.
I’m looking for a possible trade to a .62 flintlock, possibly a .32 flinter.
Thanks for looking.
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