Hello first post and query - The Firearms Forum

riccardo · 03-22-2011, 09:59 AM

Hi hope I enjoy the forum
Found it while looking for identification of an old shotgun I have. with ramrod and shotmaker
cant find any identifying marks and at first due to bore thougfht a punt gun but considering it as something else on retrospect
any help appreciated and better photos if need be

ozo · 03-22-2011, 10:17 AM

Hi 'Ricky'.....welcome to TFF.
Yes, more pics please.
Close ups of the breach and trigger areas will be a big plus.

riccardo · 03-22-2011, 10:32 AM

Thanks for quick response will take some decent photos as soon as and post them

Marlin · 03-22-2011, 10:51 AM

Glad to have you at TFF, Riccardo. You will find that this is a very congenial group and the depth of knowledge about our subject is second to nooe.

pickenup · 03-22-2011, 09:45 PM

Welcome to The Firearms Forum.

jlloyd73 · 03-22-2011, 10:51 PM

welcome

American Leader · 03-22-2011, 10:52 PM

Welcome aboard riccardo! You'll enjoy it here!

Zane71464 · 03-23-2011, 04:12 AM

Welcome to TFF Riccardo.

riccardo · 03-23-2011, 10:48 AM

ok back again
been told may be a single percussion fowling gun about 1830, thats possible.
Anyway will look for any names etc after give it a clean. Best way to clean ?
length from stock end to barrel tip = 154 cm
barrel = 112cm
bore is about 2.5 mm looks a bit bigger than a 12 bore.

Thanks again

riccardo · 03-23-2011, 10:50 AM

1 more pic. on 1/2 cock

J.D. Bass · 03-23-2011, 11:15 AM

If your looking to sell this gun (being as old as it is) as an antique, it may be best to leave some of the patina. Which means, don't clean it. You'll be scrubbing away some of the value, or at least in the eyes of collectors.

riccardo · 03-23-2011, 12:06 PM

Thanks for advise I was thinking of selling

Buffalochip · 03-23-2011, 02:15 PM

A fowler is a shotgun, so why the bullet mold? Is this gun rifled?

riccardo · 03-23-2011, 02:29 PM

I honestly couldnt say . How does one tell?
The bullet mold was always lying with it in my father s house along with hs other guns but this was the only one that would possibly use a mold out of them all.

riccardo · 03-23-2011, 02:48 PM

sorry i`m so obtuse, give me my Beretta and i`ll drop most pheasant or grouse . This gun is well out of my expertise

03-22-2011, 09:59 AM	#1
riccardo Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 7	Hello first post and query Hi hope I enjoy the forum Found it while looking for identification of an old shotgun I have. with ramrod and shotmaker cant find any identifying marks and at first due to bore thougfht a punt gun but considering it as something else on retrospect any help appreciated and better photos if need be Attached Images -->

03-22-2011, 10:17 AM	#2
ozo Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Nashville TN Posts: 2,770	Re: Hello first post and query Hi 'Ricky'.....welcome to TFF. Yes, more pics please. Close ups of the breach and trigger areas will be a big plus. __________________ http://www.nranews.com/#/nranews, "ozo. you're off your rocker sir." -johnlives4christ http://www.prisonplanet.com/ -America,Bless GOD-

03-22-2011, 10:32 AM	#3
riccardo Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 7	Re: Hello first post and query Thanks for quick response will take some decent photos as soon as and post them

03-22-2011, 10:51 AM	#4
Marlin TFF Admin Staff Chief Counselor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: At SouthernMoss' side forever! Contributor Posts: 13,853	Re: Hello first post and query Glad to have you at TFF, Riccardo. You will find that this is a very congenial group and the depth of knowledge about our subject is second to nooe. Attached Images

03-22-2011, 09:45 PM	#5
pickenup Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains Posts: 6,838	Re: Hello first post and query Welcome to The Firearms Forum. __________________ The gene pool needs chlorine

03-22-2011, 10:51 PM	#6
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03-22-2011, 10:52 PM	#7
American Leader Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Iowa Contributor Posts: 1,630	Re: Hello first post and query Welcome aboard riccardo! You'll enjoy it here!

03-23-2011, 04:12 AM	#8
Zane71464 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Ohio NRA Member Contributor Posts: 5,369	Re: Hello first post and query Welcome to TFF Riccardo. __________________ Two Words; "Simple Man", song by Charlie Daniels sums up my thoughts on a "few things"!

03-23-2011, 10:48 AM	#9
riccardo Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 7	Re: Hello first post and query ok back again been told may be a single percussion fowling gun about 1830, thats possible. Anyway will look for any names etc after give it a clean. Best way to clean ? length from stock end to barrel tip = 154 cm barrel = 112cm bore is about 2.5 mm looks a bit bigger than a 12 bore. Thanks again Attached Images

03-23-2011, 10:50 AM	#10
riccardo Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 7	Re: Hello first post and query 1 more pic. on 1/2 cock Attached Images

03-23-2011, 11:15 AM	#11
J.D. Bass V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Michigan Posts: 218	Re: Hello first post and query If your looking to sell this gun (being as old as it is) as an antique, it may be best to leave some of the patina. Which means, don't clean it. You'll be scrubbing away some of the value, or at least in the eyes of collectors.

03-23-2011, 12:06 PM	#12
riccardo Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 7	Re: Hello first post and query Thanks for advise I was thinking of selling

03-23-2011, 02:15 PM	#13
Buffalochip Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 754	Re: Hello first post and query A fowler is a shotgun, so why the bullet mold? Is this gun rifled?

03-23-2011, 02:29 PM	#14
riccardo Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 7	Re: Hello first post and query I honestly couldnt say . How does one tell? The bullet mold was always lying with it in my father s house along with hs other guns but this was the only one that would possibly use a mold out of them all.

03-23-2011, 02:48 PM	#15
riccardo Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 7	Re: Hello first post and query sorry i`m so obtuse, give me my Beretta and i`ll drop most pheasant or grouse . This gun is well out of my expertise