I agree that the D. S. are initials. That was a common practice and often seen.
CS could they have lived in Bloomsbury NJ? I could not find a Bloomsbury PA.I hope it’s not frowned upon need the money....
To answer your questions @Brokenrock: my grandpa and dad both passed before I was 5 so I don’t know much besides they were both huge history buffs and lived in Bloomsbury which is south eastern a Pennsylvania. I would love to ask them questions as well.
There were actually 10 guns that were divided on between us three so the one - my fathers - a Walther P38 I’m keeping. My brothers sold a few at auction and I sold 1 to a local pawn and now I’m trying to be a little bit smarter!
Any ideas about the engravings in the first photo on the butt of the gun?
"Pure Lead"?Yeah I attempted to join Americanlongrifles.org and some of their questions to join include what material is melted down to make flintlock balls .... or what color is the powder...
so that went well.
Many web forums have ways to block places that want to join so they can post their SPAM. These places have computers that are programmed to automatically fill out the standard questions like a name, e-mail address, etc but because it is hard to program a computer to read a question and then answer it right. Other forum sites use those almost impossible to clearly see pictures of numbers and letters that you have to copy into the answer box to prove your a human."Pure Lead"?
"Dark Flat Gray"?
Why they ask stupid questions like that?
You may want contact @rich pierce on this forum for some assistance on joining ALR. He is a moderator on that forum.Yeah I attempted to join Americanlongrifles.org and some of their questions to join include what material is melted down to make flintlock balls .... or what color is the powder...
so that went well.
That’s actually quite fascinating. So, (and I’m quite new at this, very new) if it is a muzzleloader that means with the powder and the long stick and reloading every time, right? But if it’s a flintlock..... that means? I’m so sorry! I’m going to do some research.
CVA "Kentucky" rifles (I've had two) have a 2 piece stock, and lack the extra hole in the lock plate.Looks like an eary reproduction CVA Kentucky.
Is there any markings on the barrel?
So I had someone look and they said it’s an AB Connolly flint percussion rifle..
Thoughts???
Your expert says it's a flint AND a percussion rifle? and made by AB Connolly?
It is NOW a both percussion and a rifle, since we can clearly see the rifling and the percussion lock, but what is the basis for applying the name?
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