Helped need identifying a gun-maker, possibly French

Marcus den toom · 4th April 2015, 09:55 AM

The shape of the lockplate of Dana's gun is still more curved in the traditional "banana" shape. This form was already obsolete in the 1730s. Also if i look closely at the name on the lockplate i would swear i see GoyeT with a t (or a l with a scratch trough it?)

This thread covers some of this as well.
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=18292

CSinTX · 4th April 2015, 06:42 PM

Beautiful guns. Are 18th century flintlocks typically safe for firing? I wouldn't mind acquiring one to harvest a whitetail doe at close range. I would of course do extensive research on load data first.

4th April 2015, 09:55 AM	#1
Marcus den toom Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Netherlands Posts: 535	The shape of the lockplate of Dana's gun is still more curved in the traditional "banana" shape. This form was already obsolete in the 1730s. Also if i look closely at the name on the lockplate i would swear i see GoyeT with a t (or a l with a scratch trough it?) This thread covers some of this as well. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=18292

4th April 2015, 06:42 PM	#2
CSinTX Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 233	Beautiful guns. Are 18th century flintlocks typically safe for firing? I wouldn't mind acquiring one to harvest a whitetail doe at close range. I would of course do extensive research on load data first.