Can you identify this 19th century musket? - The Firearms Forum

Mark123 · 01-27-2013, 07:22 AM

I bought this musket but cannot find any identifying marks. Can you identify this musket?

thx
Mark

Buffalochip · 01-28-2013, 03:52 PM

It's a BP fowler (shotgun). Back action, looks like it may have been cut down a bit. Circa 1850-1880. If you remove the barrel by pulling out the ramrod, removing the wedge pin, and carefully lifting the barrel out of the stock, you may find markings underneath the barrel.

Hawg · 01-28-2013, 06:49 PM

IMHO it was cut down a lot.

Buffalochip · 01-29-2013, 06:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Hawg

IMHO it was cut down a lot.

I agree with you--that front thimble appears to be larger than the rear and is probably not original.

I'd wager 1/3 of that barrel is gone, but no great loss, the gun had minimal value to begin with.

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Buffalochip Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 754	Re: Can you identify this 19th century musket? It's a BP fowler (shotgun). Back action, looks like it may have been cut down a bit. Circa 1850-1880. If you remove the barrel by pulling out the ramrod, removing the wedge pin, and carefully lifting the barrel out of the stock, you may find markings underneath the barrel.

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