What is intent here?

[tallPercshooter]

Saw this rifle for sale. Looks like someone replaced original barrel with a Green Mountain .50 barrel. But for some reason, the drum has been moved farther back and the original drum hole plugged? And last inch of breech looks like a whole new piece. Guess the breechplug must be counterbored like on a CVA rifle. Not sure why all this would have been done.

 

[reddogge]

To me it looks like it was a flintlock to percussion conversion with an ill fitting patent breech and tang added. The original touch hole was plugged.

 

[waarp8nt]

I believe the intent was to make a sale, not something I would be interested in buying unless there was enough room to cut the barrel back to remove the plugged section. Doesn't look all that well fitted either, the tang is sticking up out of the wood.

 

[Rifleman1776]

To me it looks like it was a flintlock to percussion conversion with an ill fitting patent breech and tang added. The original touch hole was plugged.

Yes, a crude job. I wouldn't buy it.

 

[Scota@4570]

Hack quality work, the person who did this has no clue or is evil? Being charitable maybe they are just a moron? The drum does not fit the lock plate. The drum appears to have some kind of washer under it. The patent breech does not fit the barrel. The plugged drum hole is idiotic. The tang was not fitted to the stock. I would bet that the chances of decent plug to barrel thread fit are about zero. IT is absolutely unsafe to fire.

Making and selling junk like this sets a person up to lose a lawsuit when the plug lobotomizes the shooter or the drum kills a bystander. Manslaughter?, Involuntary manslaughter", reckless endangerment? I am sure a lawyer would have a field day.

Sure , many of us did horrible work when were were young and learning. Selling that junk is crazy.

"Run-Forrest-Run".

 

[Sam squanch]

I’d buy it cheap for parts. I definitely would not fire it.

 

[rusticbob]

Run, don’t walk away from this deal. Looks like trouble

 

[Edm]

I’m not certain that there is a screw in the tang.

 

[Gtrubicon]

I think the intent was to make money from someone who is unsuspecting.

 

[morehops52]

Not even worth the trouble for selling parts, unless that's what you already do.

 

[TDM]

That one is UGLY!

 

[user 31232]

Saw it on gbroke caption read it was a shooter! 2 bids on it

 

[TonyC]

Keep looking! This one is trouble!