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Help IDing old Precision Lock
11/29/2010 11:53:07 AM
Found this old rifle at my Grandparents house my parents just bought. Not a lot of markings on it. Any knowledge base around here?
11/29/2010 9:30:19 PM
Looks like French manufacture to me (at least the barrel anyway). IIRC the french once used such fluerdelis for proof marks & a crown to show french service. Quite the interesting piece you have there.
Hope this helps you...
Hope this helps you...
11/30/2010 6:35:17 PM
Any other places I could look for info?
12/1/2010 1:17:19 AM
Not to be sarcastic, but try inside the barrel... Is it rifled? What's the approximate bore diameter, ect. This information can help to narrow down it's age, and/or origin. It looks as if the lock may have had some repair work done to it, and could quite easily have been from another weapon - possibly even of flintlock origin. Hard to tell. The stock has definately recieved some serious repair work. As far as other sources of info...there are many.
Start with a google search of "historical french proof marks". IIRC, you should find a .pdf that list's a multitude of proof marks from various countries across the ages. There's also a few books out there that cover such aspects. (Some are which are listed on the same page from that google search). I don't know about your area, but here there are at least ten different books at the local library covering deferent variations of lock assemblies...
I don't have the titles right off the top of my head, but if I come across them in the near future, I'll post them here for you.
Hope this helps...
FlDiveCop71
Start with a google search of "historical french proof marks". IIRC, you should find a .pdf that list's a multitude of proof marks from various countries across the ages. There's also a few books out there that cover such aspects. (Some are which are listed on the same page from that google search). I don't know about your area, but here there are at least ten different books at the local library covering deferent variations of lock assemblies...
I don't have the titles right off the top of my head, but if I come across them in the near future, I'll post them here for you.
Hope this helps...
FlDiveCop71
12/2/2010 1:50:05 PM
It is a smooth barrel and I can't find any more markings on it. I cant get a bore diameter cause the rifle is sitting at our cabin in CO and I'm back in NV.
12/4/2010 7:46:08 PM
Could be what was classed as a Fusil de Chasse. Or game gun. French smoothbore mosltly for fowl hunting. Looks as if it could also have been a converted flintlock by the old spring on the side of the lock and what looks like the remains of the old flash pan below the nipple drum.
12/14/2010 12:10:03 AM
Anyone have an idea of the value?
