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Unread 03-10-2013, 09:11 PM   #1
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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.
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Very nice!
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My very first Drilling was made by Funk. Very high quality maker.
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Nice gun Ed
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Ed, where did you find blooming forsythia this time off year in NH? Talk about climate change.
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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!
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Hello,
I am collecting Funk guns. Does this piece have a serial number?
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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?
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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
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