christoph funk 16 ga muzzle loader

[ed good]

30" TWIST BARRELS. WEIGHS JUST 6 1/4 POUNDS. NOTE UNUSUAL HAMMER BLOCK SAFTIES. RARE TO SEE A SXS GERMAN MADE PERCUSSION GUN. EVEN RARER TO SEE ONE THIS NICE.

[KCordell]

Very nice!

[edgarspencer]

My very first Drilling was made by Funk. Very high quality maker.

[chris dawe]

Nice gun Ed

[Destry L. Hoffard]

Funky

[edgarspencer]

Ed, where did you find blooming forsythia this time off year in NH? Talk about climate change.

[ed good]

at the request of my friend and mentor, i cut it and bring it inside, where she puts the stems in water...and low and behold, we got blooms in march!

[Peter Lund]

Hello,
I am collecting Funk guns. Does this piece have a serial number?

[ed good]

peter: the serial number 14452 is stamped on the butt plate and the under side of the barrels. what year to do suppose this gun was made? from its style, i would guess 1860, more or less?

[Peter Lund]

Around 1860-65 - but unfortunately it is only a guess. I have no guns with serial numbers and an exact year of manufacturing from around this period, sorry
Peter