What was this used for?

[GregLaRoche]

I saw this gun for sale and since it is one of the more interesting I’ve seen, I thought I would post it. Sorry the ad is in French, but the pictures are what count.
https://www.naturabuy.fr/Fusil-juxtapose-avec-baionnette-item-7250523.html

 

[leadhoarder]

I think it was used for shooting and stabbing things.

 

[GregLaRoche]

Not home defense?

 

[SDSmlf]

Almost looks military to me, but have never seen a double barrel military gun like that. Have been through the Musée de l'Armée a number of times and don’t remember seeing anything like it if it were French, but it is an understatement that there is a lot to see there, so could have easily missed.

 

[GregLaRoche]

It was made in France at the big arms manufacturer at St. Étienne. The engravings and lack of proof stamps make me think it wasn’t military. The locks used look to converted from flintlocks.

Yes that Army museum is amazing!

 

[kje54]

I saw this gun for sale and since it is one of the more interesting I’ve seen, I thought I would post it. Sorry the ad is in French, but the pictures are what count.
https://www.naturabuy.fr/Fusil-juxtapose-avec-baionnette-item-7250523.html

It's definitely Royal Manufacture St Etienne, possibly Napoleonic era and I would say it is definitely military, might have been an officer's personal contract piece.

 

[SDSmlf]

Yes that Army museum is amazing!

Even my wife found it interesting and wanted to make multiple visits. So much more than just military guns.

 

[HavanaMax]

The bayonet storage in the buttstock is cool.

 

[Dibbuk]

I think at least one lock was replaced, and crudely inletted to fit the different lockplate.

 

[tenngun]

My first thought was boar hunting. But that doesn’t explain the military markings

 

[Sam squanch]

It’s for boar hunting. Made with surplus parts the maker had laying around

 

[Pete G]

As with cars....the French copy no one, and no one copies the French.