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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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    Weather

    I'm currently in the Antarctic. I can walk up to a leopard seal and touch them, but we keep a six foot minimum distance ... 300 yards with a black powder gun is an amazing distance especially at that temperature .
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    SxS Rifle collection

    Per New Hampshire's original question on whether other folks use double barrel rifles for hunting .... Years ago, in Pennsylvania I checked with a game warden who told me that by removing the second nipple, I was OK. So I hunted with one disabled barrel for years, but was never checked . I have...
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    William Briggs underhammer smoothbore

    Apparently the August 2015 "Man at Arms" issue has a writeup on serial Number 33 of this type of Briggs under hammer firearm if you need more info
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    Loading & shooting an underhammer

    Note that many under hammer guns do not have a half cock notch. I don't know the specifics of the lock that you're using, but NEVER cap a percussion gun until the last step before firing. I've got several under hammer guns and, like the others have mentioned, there is no problem with leaking of...
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    Mousetrap?

    Yup, it really was patented. I guess Texans REALLY want to kill them with a passion!
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    Navy Arms Percussion caps

    I bought a bunch of these from Navy Arms back in 1963. The musket size tins are labeled "Winged Musket Caps" and sold then for $1 for 100. I still have a few and they still fire reliably as of last month. Their "pistol caps" back then were $.75 per hundred. Unfortunately I used all them up on...
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    New member from Canada with question

    I can't add anything about the gun's origin, but am curious about the brass plug in the barrel ( plugged flash hole? or ) and the ramrod area. Is the tip of the ramrod actually part of the stock with no attached rod, or?
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    Numrich Swivel breech ..Lock question

    The spring is in the mail to you.....Without hands-on, I suspect that the leg on the spring is too short or that the spring legs need to be spread farther apart. The "L" that contains the bend in the spring might also need to be "built up" a bit. Good Luck with your endeavor
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    Numrich Swivel breech ..Lock question

    I used one of these for about 40 years for target shooting only before selling it. Due to the cheap lock design and weak mainspring, firing was problematic. Despite that, the gun was surprisingly accurate! I finally bought bunch of springs until I got one that was sufficiently stout enough to...
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    Wont lock without setting trigger

    This is NOT an unusual situation .... I have several original percussion guns that were made to have the trigger "set" before cocking the hammer. But you can check your gun per previous guidance if desired. I personally refrain from removing the trigger assembly on OLD guns to prevent any...
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    Trying to identify this ??percussion cap pistol??

    Looks like the remains of a modified "ZULU" shotgun.... you can Google this term and get the history of these muskets being modified into cheap shotguns, etc.
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