Should I buy this "Brown Bess"?

[Richardwv]

From the limited pics all I can assure you of is that it isn't an original Brown Bess. The stamping is inconsistent with the aged pitting.....which looks more like the instant aging done with acid splatter. The recesses of the stamps invite pitting by holding dirt and moisture, however the cleanest parts of the musket is the base of the stamps. We've seen this a lot coming out of Afghanistan, not that this process is peculiar to that region. I'd 99.99% agree that the barrel is a reconversion from a drum percussion conversion and the alignment of the pan/frizzen would tend to indicate that the barrel, lock and stock were not assembled together by any craftsman. Again, the pics leave a lot of questions, but all I can say with some certainty is what it is not.

Information

Warning: This is a relatively older thread This discussion is older than 360 days. Some information contained in it may no longer be current.

[Gabbo]

From the limited pics all I can assure you of is that it isn't an original Brown Bess.

Damn.. ok. There goes dads dream gun.
But at least I learned a little bit about fake guns.

Thank you for your help, gentlemen.