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ed good

03-26-2013 09:25 AM

FLINTLOCK CAPE GUN

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30" OCTAGON BARRELS. RIGHT BARREL IS .62 CALIBER WITH SHALLOW GROOVE RIFLING. LEFT BARREL IS 20 GAUGE SMOOTH BORE. WEIGHS JUST 7 1/2 POUNDS! NO MAKERS MARKS. FINE WORKMANSHIP. BEST GUESS TODAY, IS THAT THIS PIECE IS OF DUTCH OR SPANISH ORIGIN AND WAS PERHAPS MADE FOR THE AFRICAN COLONIAL TRADE, CIRCA 1800. ANY INPUT WOULD BE APPRECIATED...

Rick Losey

03-26-2013 09:37 AM

Ed

You might be able to get some info over on

http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php

There are some very knowledge people there when it comes to flintlocks

ed good

03-26-2013 10:48 AM

oh: good idea! ed

Richard Flanders

03-26-2013 11:56 AM

Looks like it was made for 'buck and ball'. Shot in one bbl, ball in the other.

Rick Losey

03-26-2013 12:31 PM

Actually "buck and ball " was a load in a single barrel.

The Brown Bess was often loaded with one ball and three buckshot. Quite devastating in volley fire.

ed good

03-26-2013 04:50 PM

latest input seems to suggest that barrels are of Spanish origin. the sun motif on the breech block is a dutch symbol. and the locks look Belgian...any other opinions?

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