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Healthnutguy

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Welcome to the forum. :)

From the two pictures you posted, it is difficult to tell if the gun is an antique original or something newly made.

Based on the wood appearance and finish I would guess it is something that was made recently.

Photos showing a full side view including the lock, and perhaps a bottom view showing the trigger guard would help.
Also a close up picture of the lock will be helpful.
 
It looks modren but may be old. Pseudo antiques were a cottage industry in post war Europe. Infact as early as the 1880s old guns were being made for sale to collectors.
 
That's absoluetly a modern repro gun. The trigger guard and the butt plate were taken off a Bess. The flat headed wood screws at an improper angle going into the stock are a pretty obvious, modern feature (and improperly done as well). The entry thimble into the stock is not actually an "entry" thimble, but it's being used as one. The lock is an L&R Late English Flintlock. Plus the Shamrock on the stock is another, modern affectation.

LD
 
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