What Type Of Flintlock Is This?

[Mulebrain]

From a scene in the film with John Wayne the Comancheros. The wide screen transfer of this film is really clean!

I want to say Blunderbuss, but it's not that!

 

[paulvallandigham]

Its a springfield Trapdoor modified by putting a Blunderbuss barrel on it, and with the stock shortened, of course. Hollywood at its finest, of course.

 

[Leatherbark]

Its a Trapdoor Springfield prop gun. I can see the breechblock hinge and the shape of the lock.........I've seed trapdoor springfields used as Flintlock prop guns in the Movie "Mountain Men"..............Homemade...................Bob

 

[arquebus]

Yep, it's supposed to be a Blunderbuss, but if you look closely you'll see that's it's one of the Hollywood mock-ups made from a Trapdoor Springfield with a faux flintlock hammer.

 

[arquebus]

Hey, look at that.....three great minds thinking alike!!!

 

[Mulebrain]

That is one nasty impression of a Blunderbuss barrel. The muzzle looks more like a flash hider for a machine gun!

 

[bpesteve]

This appears to be one of the famous "spotter" Springfields with the four-cell Kel-Tec flashlight barrel featuring a self incandescent flint ignition system. Very rare, thankfully. :blah:

 

[tg]

At least it looks like part of the lock is on the side ,often the whole tghing sits on top of the breech..

 

[Bountyhunter]

That "blunderbuss barrel" appears to be a sleeve over the original.

 

[Silver.FoX]

Why did those barrels have that huge opening like a funnel? Did it help with accuracy?

 

[paulvallandigham]

It didn't have anything to do with accuracy. These guns were point and shoot guns. The bell made it easier TO LOAD the barrel while the statecoach or carriage was bouncing over a rough road. Remember, they didn't have shock absorbers, and springs were a rare sight, also. Try riding in a hay wagon with no springs, or shocks over a hard road, trying to point anything, much less put a sock on your foot, and you have some idea of why these guns came into being.

 

[TANSTAAFL]

It is a Sprinfield trap door redone for the movie, one often sees such.