Hello everyone! I'm sure this question has been asked a thousand times, but I was given an old muzzleloader and would like to know how old. The lock says "Scudder and Park Warranted" It looks like a Hawkins style rifle. Has anyone heard of this maker before?
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Scudder and Park
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Here are some pictures.
http://s1226.photobucket.com/albums/ee405/Varcher2/
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Sorry no insult intended. With the pictures here without having to go out on a link I hope you get an answer to your question faster.
Nice looking rifle by the way.
Sorry. I don't find anything about Scudder and Park or either name in my three gun builders references.
They may have been a retail company that bought locks and had their name stamped on them.
The rifle looks like many that were made in the 1840-1860 time frame.
Often these rifles were built using "store bought" locks with the suppliers name stamped on them.
They may have been a retail company that bought locks and had their name stamped on them.
The rifle looks like many that were made in the 1840-1860 time frame.
Often these rifles were built using "store bought" locks with the suppliers name stamped on them.
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The lock looks like it was originally flint though I can't say if the gun was built flint. A New England gun? An attractive piece.
I have no idea if this is connected, but there was a great fire in Boston in 1825 which consumed an entire block of buildings. In a listing of companies occupying those buildings, one on Liberty Square is listed as “Hard ware Scudder & Park".Stophel said:
http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/winslow/winslowfamilymem_transIV.pdf
Search within the document for Scudder.
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The patchbox style and cherry wood point to New England manufacture. The lock seems to show evidence of a pan filed off. Also, the percussion hammer doesn't look original to the nicely engraved lock.
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