25th March 2016, 12:42 AM | #1 |
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Mark on sporterized flintlock
I recently bought a European military flintlock that was converted to a ball and cap hunting rifle. There are no marks on it whatsoever except on the guard over the trigger. It appears to be a W with a smaller A over it. Any idea what military it was from?
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25th March 2016, 08:39 AM | #2 |
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Could you please post a foto of the total gun left and right side?
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25th March 2016, 11:42 AM | #3 |
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Maybe it has nothing to do, but there are some Belgian weapons which have one W stamped with a crown. So an imitation of the Brown Bess English and a copy of a French musket. Affectionately. Fernando K |
25th March 2016, 12:32 PM | #4 |
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Hello blue lander,
Can't you take a more clear picture of the mark ... and also of the whole gun, so that we may know what it is about ? |
25th March 2016, 03:47 PM | #5 |
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Wow, that came out really bad. Let me try again...
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25th March 2016, 04:08 PM | #6 |
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Indeed, it was a military flintlock, percussion made. The trigger guard, hairpiece, was used in the French rifles grabbed him from behind by a hook and ahead, by a piece that also has the ring for the gun holder, although this issue is filed and which in turn is attached to the stock timber by a pin. Many Italian weapons (Kingdom of Piedmont) copied French models, and shape of the hammer reminds me a lot to these copies Afectuosamenye. Fernando K |
25th March 2016, 06:24 PM | #7 |
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Interesting. Thank you!
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1st August 2016, 01:47 PM | #8 |
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Do these barrel proof marks mean anything to anybody? I've looked at lists of French, Italian, German, British, etc marks but so far no matches. There's an M with a star over it, a cursive capital D, the number 28, the roman numeral II, and two D's.
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1st August 2016, 02:32 PM | #9 |
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Any letter of the alphabet with the asterisk is the mark or punch the ubnspector the test bench Liejan but somewhere should have the punch ELG Fernando K |
1st August 2016, 07:39 PM | #10 |
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Thank you. I don't see ELG anywhere on the barrel.
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