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kahnjar1 · 5th September 2009, 06:18 AM

Hi,
In my opinion this IS the real thing and likely Belgian made for the eastern market. There appears to be a round circle on the barrel just forward of the stock wood. Although not clear this COULD be a Liege Proof Mark. If you can clean it up a bit it may become a little clearer.
These were made up until quite late (for flintlock) and some even VERY early 20th century. The reason for the late use of muzzleloader, and particularly flint, was that cartridges and percussion caps in eastern countries could be relativly hard to find, but powder and projectiles of all sorts were not. Hence the much later use of muzzleloaders.
Regards Stuart

5th September 2009, 06:18 AM	#4
kahnjar1 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND Posts: 2,785	Hi, In my opinion this IS the real thing and likely Belgian made for the eastern market. There appears to be a round circle on the barrel just forward of the stock wood. Although not clear this COULD be a Liege Proof Mark. If you can clean it up a bit it may become a little clearer. These were made up until quite late (for flintlock) and some even VERY early 20th century. The reason for the late use of muzzleloader, and particularly flint, was that cartridges and percussion caps in eastern countries could be relativly hard to find, but powder and projectiles of all sorts were not. Hence the much later use of muzzleloaders. Regards Stuart