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    INPUT Appreciated on Pihet Paris French Musket .69 V1837

    I'm speculating, as I would need to physically inspect the gun to give a more informed opinion. But, I personally would not buy this gun as an original without considerable further verification. The brass bands and steel buttplate do correspond to a French navy version of the Model 1822, but...
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    INPUT Appreciated on Pihet Paris French Musket .69 V1837

    Thanks for adding the tang photo. I lived in Belgium for several years and this thread brought back many memories. Belgium became an independent country in 1830 after being part of several different countries (quite involved). After their independence, they made their version of the French Model...
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    INPUT Appreciated on Pihet Paris French Musket .69 V1837

    Aside from having brass bands, this looks like a typical Model 1822 French musket. Pihet Brothers in Paris did indeed make them in the 1830's. Does it have MLE 1822 marked on the tang? Mine, with steel bands, was made in 1825 by Charleville
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    Dixie gun works rifle ID

    Poor proof reading by me ....The left hand version was really introduced in 1980.
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    Dixie gun works rifle ID

    You have a good example of a first year Tennessee Mountain Rifle. Their 1984 catalog details their history. "The first variation of this series was the right handed .50 caliber rifle introduced in 1979 to commemorate 25 years of service by Dixie to the muzzleloading field". Assembled guns cost...
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    Neat underhammer

    Please take Notchy Bob's advice if you shoot this gun. Here's an 1850's original under hammer showing the recess in the hammer to retain cap fragments and also the added cup. This cup can be easily installed by placing it under the nipple while screwing it in. Although percussion caps do not fly...
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    What Do We Have Here?

    Yes, it is a somewhat typical percussion fixed breech 3 barrel gun. The location of the three triggers is somewhat distinctive and PERHAPS could lead to the identification of the specific gunmaker. They were made by several gunsmiths, but were not too popular due to their weight and their higher...
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    Matchlock identification

    Way out of my field, but there is a spitting image of your gun illustrated and labeled "Chinese" in my old tattered copy of a "A glossary of the construction decoration and use of arms and armor" on page 442
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    JM Caswell questions

    As a major builder (over 20 employees for many years), Caswell's enterprise made pistols, rifles, smooth rifles, etc. He is reported to have provided locks with his stamping to other gunmakers. Typically there is a Caswell stamp of one sort or another on the barrel, but I don't know if he always...
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    JM Caswell questions

    If you can access Swinney's "New York State Firearms Trade", there is an EXTENSIVE write-up on John M Caswell and many quality photos of his guns .... I'm too deaf for good phone conversations, but if you ask specific questions on this forum, I bet that several folks will provide knowledgeable...
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    Unusual two piece lock, flintlock

    You've got a good memory. Dixie listed them in 1968 for $12.50
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    Unusual two piece lock, flintlock

    What's interesting is that this specific two piece lock was used to illustrate "How to load and fire a flintlock gun" in the Stoeger 1956 catalog (and other dates probably) and the price of the Model 6475W muzzleloader using this type lock cost $32.50
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    New Member looking for history on a family heirloom

    Bad editing; Daniel was apparently born in 1790 and died in 1873. I need to proof read better! Sorry for my bad proofreading; Daniel was born in 1790 and died in 1873!
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    New Member looking for history on a family heirloom

    I agree that BSB's gun is most probably a post-civil war build. According to the census information, Daniel appears to have been a farmer who was also a part time gunsmith as listed in the 1870 census for Ottawa . Daniel was born in 1820 and his son Joseph was born in 1843 and died in 1921...
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    Amoskeag auctions, have you ever been?

    A great auction house that specializes in all types of firearms. Living an hour away, I used to attend all their auctions in person, but now bids directly with them on-line. I still spend a couple hours at the pre-auction inspections, which are helpful and educational. Their descriptions are...
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