Rear sight on a type G English trade gun

[rich pierce]

This is a relic found in a creek in Georgia if I am recalling correctly.

Here is the "winged" style brass rear sight.

The lock

sideplate

 

[wattlebuster]

Amazing :thumbsup: :thumbsup: Makes me wonder who,what,where,when,how but we will never know

 

[Va.Manuf.06]

Rich, I was hoping you would post those, thanks.

 

[Mike Brooks]

Old rusty junk, I LOVE that stuff! :thumbsup:

 

[hanshi]

You ain't alone, either. I found one when I was a teenager but have no idea what became of it.

 

[Stumpkiller]

We need one of those Artist's Reconstructions so we can tell us what we're looking at. I don't see much rearsightish on the barrel, though I guess there is a raised lug or profile feature where the flat ends . . . if I squint just right. From the remains it may just be the wedding band unless I'm not looking at the right glob. Or is he indicating where the "winged style" sight was but is no longer attached?

 

[rich pierce]

If I recall, the fella who took and sent me the pictures said the sight fell off the remnants of the gun.

 

[rickystl]

Great find!! As they say: If it could only talk :wink:

 

[Capt. Jas.]

IIRC it was located near the breech.

 

[brubincam]

:idunno: is it still loaded :idunno:

 

So, Rich, have you got a new hobby updating Hamilton's work. Definitely a fixer-upper. Just had a thought, maybe it was a canoe gun that fell in.

Bill