MR. GADGET
06-22-2009, 01:34 PM
Had someone show up at the shop the other day and this gun was in the same family hands from about the mid point of the CW.
They got it from someone that was shot and told them to keep up with it and he would come back for it. Never did.
Its marked 1821 on the barrel and the lock is marked Harpers Ferry 1821.
69 smothbore and has the lug on the top of the barrel, not the bottom.
Looks like a 42 for the most part. The nipple is not in the barrel but the side like a standard 42.
has the flat ram rod, like a Potsdam from what I remember.
Steel and wood are great, only a few small cracks and marks. Wood has dried a lot and is not fitting the but plate and bands good.
Everything is a fraction off I think from the wood shrinking.
What is it and whats it worth.
I have no reason to believe what they say is wrong as they had other guns and bayo stuff.
Other then checking the wood and fixing it to stop the small cracks, I would take it out and shoot it today.
They got it from someone that was shot and told them to keep up with it and he would come back for it. Never did.
Its marked 1821 on the barrel and the lock is marked Harpers Ferry 1821.
69 smothbore and has the lug on the top of the barrel, not the bottom.
Looks like a 42 for the most part. The nipple is not in the barrel but the side like a standard 42.
has the flat ram rod, like a Potsdam from what I remember.
Steel and wood are great, only a few small cracks and marks. Wood has dried a lot and is not fitting the but plate and bands good.
Everything is a fraction off I think from the wood shrinking.
What is it and whats it worth.
I have no reason to believe what they say is wrong as they had other guns and bayo stuff.
Other then checking the wood and fixing it to stop the small cracks, I would take it out and shoot it today.