Manton 12 ga

[JakeLawlor]

i have an old manton percussion cap muzzle loader, i was wondering if anyone could identify the markings on it for me, I can’t work out how to include pics in this post I’m new to the forum, any help would be much appreciated cheers.

 

[necchi]

This link in Member Resources might help; http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/236956/

 

[Zonie]

If you have a way to open a pdf file, click on this link to open it.

It is a good reference showing proof marks from all over Europe, many of them modern but the London proof mark dates back to 1637.
http://www.nramuseum.com/media/940944/proofmarks.pdf

If you don't have a way to open a pdf file (like Adobe) here is another link to some useful information.

https://gunproofmarks.ru/index.php?marks&england&birmingham&proofmarks

Another interesting read with proof marks shown:
http://firearmshistory.blogspot.com/2011/01/testing-firearms-proof-test.html

 

[HM54]

i have an old manton percussion cap muzzle loader, i was wondering if anyone could identify the markings on it for me, I can’t work out how to include pics in this post I’m new to the forum, any help would be much appreciated cheers.

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