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Posted: 11/29/2010 7:53:07 AM EDT
Found this old rifle at my Grandparents house my parents just bought. Not a lot of markings on it. Any knowledge base around here?
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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 
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| 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. |
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