what did i just buy?!!!!!

[rdungan1918]

This is the reason I try to stay away from auctions. Fortunately or unfortunately depending on how you look at it I am cheap so I am usually outbid. Seriously, looks like a really interesting weapon, hope you can shoot it.

 

[deerstalkert]

well once again the wife is correct! in my excitement i posted it as being .34x12g. it is .34 upper rifled and .50 lower smooth! guess i should find my glasses. but i need glasses to find them .

 

[deerstalkert]

through new technology, (glasses and enlarging the picture) it appears the lock is marked Henry Parker. Parker died in 1860 and was operating in NJ prior to his death.
can't tell i am fascinated with this piece can ya?

 

[SOLANCO]

Double guns of any type and drillings have been my downfall for ages. This gun is unique in my experience.

 

[sheriff john]

Can't make out the name on the lock. Hope you post more. I have two combo guns, but both have two locks and one has the double ramrods as does the one pictured.

 

[deerstalkert]

i am praying that whoever is chosen as delivery company, doesn't turn it into a pile of kindling and metal art like they have done the last few i have had shipped to me.
haven't confessed to the boss yet, going to amass all the information ammo first before i give her the broadside!

 

[Garbear34]

You guys are bad influence. Thats beautiful piece.

 

[deerstalkert]

thank you Garbear34, the Elephant in the room is a piece of what?????? i have many times bought a pig in a poke, and sometimes they have turned out to be silk purses.
usually i have an inkling as to the bloodline of said sows. this one is a new one that just screamed cool! .

 

[andy52]

I would have bought it without hesitation. The over and under carried by " Paints his shirt red" comes up in discussions all the time due to its uniqueness.

 

[andy52]

when i get it i will be documenting every inch of it as if it were Raquel Welch! well maybe not quite, but it is almost as interesting.

At my age, the gun would be more fun...

 

[deerstalkert]

PHSR's gun appears to be of a larger cal than mine. and the smooth bore looks larger too.
i wonder as to the firing mechanism. the action on my purchase is what really turned my crank, that and the price! have spent more for a family night out eating!

 

[deerstalkert]

At my age, the gun would be more fun...

at my age the reality is that of yours! but OH! the fantasies of my youth! not sure who i lusted after more, Raquel or Lauren Bacall!
ended up with a better choice.

 

[cynthialee]

even though we can't figure out a maker or how that system worked given its age and unique style of lock, you made out like a bandit

now myself...I'd ruin the collector value and have it fixed up as new as to the day it was made as possible, not a patina appreciator, I like guns that look brand spanking new especially the old ones. I don't care to see what the rusted and ancient version is, looks ugly. I want to see what great-great-great grandpa bought.

 

[golden sky]

can we do a reproduction of that? you have all the specs and diamensions. would love to build that kit!!!

 

[deerstalkert]

even though we can't figure out a maker or how that system worked given its age and unique style of lock, you made out like a bandit

now myself...I'd ruin the collector value and have it fixed up as new as to the day it was made as possible, not a patina appreciator, I like guns that look brand spanking new especially the old ones. I don't care to see what the rusted and ancient version is, looks ugly. I want to see what great-great-great grandpa bought.

can we do a reproduction of that? you have all the specs and diamensions. would love to build that kit!!!

i was thinking exactly that golden sky!
CL. we think alike, but i really want to research the gun before i rebirth it! if it can be made to function as it stands it will not be touched.

 

[tom in nc]

Put me down for a kit, or a set of drawings!

 

[deerstalkert]

i am about to wet myself in anticipation and i haven't even received a shipping notification as of yet!
i will and plan to take many pictures and make complete drawings of this setup. if it works as i think it does mechanically, it should be fairly easy to reproduce. single lock, set triggers, back action and a breech plate lockup. barrels soldered together with a single rib. the only thing i don't anticipate liking is the RR thimbles for the smoothbore rod. seems a little over kill but we all shall see!

 

[golden sky]

put me down for one, when it materializes

 

[russellshaffer]

I think it's all there. The slotted gizmo goes over the lower nipple and turns so the hammer hits it. Or if desperate, just remove the lower nipple and stick a fuse in the hole.

 

[deerstalkert]

just got shipping notice!
wiggle wiggle, giggle giggle!!!!
UPS so it will hopefully get here whole! have had bad, beyond bad luck with USPS and Fudex, so i am smiling!