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Is it a rifle or a smoothbore? Looks like one of the Belgian trade guns that were prevalent in the 1960's.
 
Trot said:
Is it a rifle or a smoothbore? Looks like one of the Belgian trade guns that were prevalent in the 1960's.

I totally agree, exactly like a Stoger or Century Arms import from the 50's or 60's. Belgian made trade gun possibly imported and/or sold by LaLoux.
 
+1 to Hawkeye2's post. These were originally made in Belgium for sale to African tribesmen in their colonies. They did not want to arm the Natives with modern firearms but understood their need for guns to hunt and defend their villages from hostile neighbors. Many of these were imported into the US in the late 50s by Stoger and others. The 2-piece lock plate was an adaptation of the French/Belgian Centaure percussion lock. These were made from about 1870-1915 in Liege. Most are in poor condition but an occasional unissued musket shows up not and then.
 
Yes, you will need real black powder to shoot your flintlock.

As for a powder charge, 60 grains of 2Fg or 3Fg should be safe under a patched roundball or 3/4 oz of shot with the appropriate wads.
 
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