FLINTLOCK CAPE GUN

ed good · 03-26-2013, 09:25 AM

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...

OH Osthaus · 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.

OH Osthaus · 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?