-
FREE MEMBER
NO Posting or PM's Allowed
-
05-14-2016 11:34 PM
# ADS
Friends and Sponsors
-
Legacy Member
someone with more knowlege will be along shortly, but i'll take a guess at it being a modified brown bess or similar.
-
-
-
FREE MEMBER
NO Posting or PM's Allowed
I was thinking the same thing originally but I didn't think that the Brow Bess' had bands? I know there were multiple patterns though.
-
Legacy Member
In my opinion there isn't much of the original Brown Bess rifle left. It looks like it was patched up and altered by generations of blacksmiths just to keep it going as a hunting rifle.
-
-
Contributing Member
Help identifying firearm
Butt plate and trigger guard look like they're from the 1855/61/63 series of muskets.
Last edited by gsimmons; 05-15-2016 at 08:52 AM.
Reason: wording
-
Thank You to gsimmons For This Useful Post:
-
Legacy Member
gsimmons, the shape of the butt looks closer than the brown bess too.
could it be a 1855/61/63 series fitted with a modified brown bess lock to keep it functioning?
-
-
Contributing Member
It does look look like an American stock that's been modified to accept a Brown Bess lock and barrel.
-
-
Legacy Member
It is a non functioning wall hanger that someone made at some point in the past. Hard to say from the photos, but the stock appears to be fitted with a British barrel from one of the Land Service Brown Bess muskets. The lock may be from a Bess as well. The butt plate is a US rifle musket of the M1855, '61 or '63 pattern as is the trigger guard which is fitted backwards. The stock appears to be "custom made" for this gun, it doesn't match a US or British musket.
-
The Following 2 Members Say Thank You to gew8805 For This Useful Post:
-
FREE MEMBER
NO Posting or PM's Allowed
Thanks for the replys. For what it's worth, the trigger guard isn't actually backwards, I disassembled everything to remove the rust and loose fit it back together for the pics. I wasn't paying that much attention though obviously!
Thanks again all. I mostly picked this thing up, for next to nothing I might add, to practice my restoration skills so it's good to know that I won't be messing up something that had any value.
-
Advisory Panel
Both trigger guard AND trigger seem to have been mounted backwards. Looks non-functional.
Last edited by Patrick Chadwick; 05-17-2016 at 03:16 PM.
-