Antique help.

Antique help.

Postby gila-river » Sat May 03, 2014 6:20 pm

A surprise from the back of my grandfathers storage. Anyone able to help me out in some specifics of this muzzle loader? There is not a single proof mark or any mark on this gun. I've been googling but it's hard with just a description. I have come up with zilch. Thanks in advance for anything. Let me know if you need more pics.
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Re: Antique help.

Postby WisconsinWaterfowler » Sat May 03, 2014 6:25 pm

Antique roadshow
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Re: Antique help.

Postby The Duck Hammer » Sat May 03, 2014 6:28 pm

did you pull the barrel off and look under there?
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Re: Antique help.

Postby gila-river » Sat May 03, 2014 6:35 pm

The Duck Hammer wrote:did you pull the barrel off and look under there?

No. I will give that a try
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Re: Antique help.

Postby gila-river » Sat May 03, 2014 6:58 pm

Ok. Can't get the barrel off. Any other ifeas
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Re: Antique help.

Postby The Duck Hammer » Sat May 03, 2014 7:18 pm

Doesn't look like you got a patch box, that would have been my next guess. You know what caliber it is? May be hand made.
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Re: Antique help.

Postby gila-river » Sat May 03, 2014 7:26 pm

No patch box. And it's got a cheek piece. I think it may be a 1 off deal.
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Re: Antique help.

Postby assateague » Sat May 03, 2014 7:52 pm

Probably. It can't be that old, because it's a cap, not a flintlock. I'd hunt with it, though.
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Re: Antique help.

Postby assateague » Sat May 03, 2014 7:52 pm

By "that old", I mean it's not from 1790 or something.
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Re: Antique help.

Postby huntall6 » Sun May 04, 2014 7:08 am

If its nothing else, it sure is pretty! Take a set of calipers to the bore and see what size ball it's meant to shoot. Looks bigger than a .50. Maybe .58?
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Re: Antique help.

Postby gila-river » Sun May 04, 2014 9:34 am

assateague wrote:Probably. It can't be that old, because it's a cap, not a flintlock. I'd hunt with it, though.

That's my main hope that I will be able to shoot it.
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Re: Antique help.

Postby R. Chapman » Sun May 04, 2014 10:06 pm

gila-river wrote:A surprise from the back of my grandfathers storage. Anyone able to help me out in some specifics of this muzzle loader? There is not a single proof mark or any mark on this gun. I've been googling but it's hard with just a description. I have come up with zilch. Thanks in advance for anything. Let me know if you need more pics.
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That's got some pretty lumber on it! :thumbsup: Take it out and shoot it!
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