Brown Bess repo please help

[adkmountainken]

looking at a Brown Bess repo a guy is selling very cheap. anyone recognize this barrel mark???

 

[deermanok]

Looks like it's in rough shape.

 

[adkmountainken]

just very dirty sparks well nothing wrong just cant figure out who made it.

 

[hawkeye2]

Miroku (Japanese), quality gun. It'll clean up just fine, not bad at all. You won't have a mirror finish, there'll be a little fine pitting. Grab it!

 

[TreeMan]

Yep a miroku. If the bore is not a sewer pipe I’d snag that up if it’s cheap. All that surface rust on the outside will clean up good with some elbow grease and leave a nice patina.

 

[adkmountainken]

would you call $200 cheap enough????

 

[hawkeye2]

would you call $200 cheap enough????

In my post I said "Grab it!"; I did not say steal it!

 

[Mulebrain]

would you call $200 cheap enough????

Try to get it for 150.00! Even cheaper

 

[adkmountainken]

holy cow i just rolled a .75 call cast rb with a big sprue down the barrel no problem! 79 cal??????

 

[Mulebrain]

holy cow i just rolled a .75 call cast rb with a big sprue down the barrel no problem! 79 cal??????

That should be a 75 cal

 

[adkmountainken]

definitely not 75

 

[hawkeye2]

Is your ball .750" diameter? A .735" mold (Lyman) would be more common to have. I have .735" and .715, both Lyman, for my Italian Bess. The bore is easy to check with a dial caliper but you still need to buy it regardless.

 

[dave_person]

Hi,
As previously mentioned, it is a Japanese Miroku replica Bess. The barrel should be 75 caliber and they are made of excellent steel. The lock if treated as a mostly finished kit, can be turned into a first rate Bess lock although the stamped engraving is not quite right. The trigger guard is badly shaped and the the butt plate is too small for a real Bess. The stock is also too straight and too small for a real Bess. The other parts are pretty good. The barrel alone, if in good shape, is worth $200. I've salvaged parts from these guns, dumped the stocks, butt plates, and trigger guards, and built good copies of short land Besses using the rest of the hardware.

dave

 

[Loyalist Dave]

would you call $200 cheap enough????

DUDE $400 for a Jap Bess with all the parts would be "cheap enough". A 46" piece of PVC pipe capped at one end, and a gallon of Evaporust, and you can bring that barrel back. When done with the barrel you can do the ramrod. Dunk the lock in Evaporust in a Tupperware container, and that will be fine too. Refinishing the stock is easy too. NOW I'm talking about bringing it back to very good condition for shooting or for use/resale to a reenactor. Mr. Person turns a factory Bess into something you could go back in time with and not be thought odd.... so his standards are higher (correctly imho) than a reenactor or sport/living history shooter.

LD

 

[Okie Hog]

would you call $200 cheap enough????

Grab it.

 

[sportster73hp]

Worth more than$200 in parts , buy it!

 

[sturmkatze]

Dunk the lock in Evaporust in a Tupperware container, and that will be fine too.
LD

DO NOT put the lock in evaporust without taking it apart. Keep the springs out of the evaporust. It will cause them to shatter. Trust me, just had this happen a couple weeks ago. Guy on the fb brown bess group sent me a link to a report that will explain it. Really, keep the springs out of the evaporust.

Fb group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/393297801790463/?ref=share
Here is the exterior link to that article: Evaporust and springs breaking.

 

[toot]

definitely a JAPANESE BROWN BESS.

 

[SPQR70AD]

Yep a miroku. If the bore is not a sewer pipe I’d snag that up if it’s cheap. All that surface rust on the outside will clean up good with some elbow grease and leave a nice patina.

if it is a smoothbore rust will not matter

 

[cynthialee]

that is a steal of a deal

you should grab it and go