Manton Percussion

[OH Osthaus]

Manton was THE maker of his day, many if not most of the next and better known generation, such as Purdey apprenticed to him. You will likely find the dimensions to be shootable, the British rarely had the dog leg drop of older American pieces.

As with any old piece, the question is the barrels, but if it is sound, everything to shoot it is still available. circle fly still makes the wads and card in any bore size.

I am in the process of repairing a lock issue on one by another maker. A 14 bore, looking forward to hunting with it.

[C grade]

Wonderful gun, I just sold a 16ga that I had for 10+ years. A pleasure to shoot but a b#$^ to clean.
David

[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by David Dwyer

Wonderful gun, but a b#$^ to clean.
David

I reenacted the French and Indian war for years, hunt deer with flintlock longrifles, and have a flintlock single fowler, that is not a chore that bothers me. But I do see where some would prefer to avoid it.

[TARNATION !!!]

Thanks all. I will see what further info the seller can provide about the barrels. Should I end up going down this path, I'll have some more to learn. Never shot a muzzle loader anything. I suppose the platinum blow out plug is to help first timer errors??

Should this be a shootable firearm, approximately where in the K$ scale might be considered a reasonable offer? Had a look at some GB listings but none were as ornate as this one.

Thanks,
Jack

[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by Jack Cronkhite

I suppose the platinum blow out plug is to help first timer errors??

last timers error is more like it,

Make sure it has British proofs, says London and looks to nice to be otherwise but Manton was one of the names the Belgiums used to sell guns.

Prices very a lot, is it cased? with accessories? Most good maker percussion SxSs I have seen were good mid grade guns and sold for under a grand to just over. I have seen asking prices into the 5 figures for perfect high grade examples.

sometimes there are bargins



Muzzleloaders are not that hard to learn, basically, its reloading in a barrel rather than a shell casing

as the old horn I once saw advised

"of all the rules you must recall
powder first, then the ball"