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I don't know caliber or if it's rifled yet. But I will fill that in later. Until then, Any ideas when or where it might come from? http://i966.photobucket.com/al...862.jpg?t=1288147250 http://i966.photobucket.com/al...861.jpg?t=1288147250 http://i966.photobucket.com/al...860.jpg?t=1288147250 http://i966.photobucket.com/al...859.jpg?t=1288147250 ______________________ Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie? | ||
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Looks like an early cap percussion gun vintage 1830's + but the Pictures all suck! To small. Captain Finlander | |||
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I know they are. It belongs to a friend. He found it inside a plaster wall i9n a farm house he recently bought. The larger pics don't really show proof marks. It is a smooth bore. my dial caliper measures 20mm inside muzzle diameter. I think it's about a 12 ga. The hammer style is what has me baffled. The stock has been shortenend on the forearm end. Obvious saw marks. I am wondering if it was converted from a flintlock at some point but I have no way of knowing that. ______________________ Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie? | |||
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In the South, during the ACW, Southern people would hide guns from raiding union thieves as the Fed's were brutal to anyone, even women. Common misconceptions were, these guns would make their way to the CS army but not hardly. They were hidden in hopes one day when troops weren't around they could try and hunt for food as the Fed's stole all livestock, grain, flour and anything else, including women's dresses (sent to officers wives). Many of these old smoothbores were used later as shotguns. LDK Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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