Trying to identify a gun for a friend

[MikeArthur]

Mike Arthur Hart's Battery, CSA

Percussion, with a funnel shaped barrel, shorter than a carbine

some sort of 1812ish boarding shotgun?

I have pictures I can email-I am not aware how to attach photos to this post

843 412-1992

[John Holland]

Hi Mike,

If you want to send me some pic's, I'll give it a try for you! Just use the email tab at the bottom of this post.

John

[Ken Hansgen, 11094]

Sounds like a blunderbus. An awesome weapon, more easily reloaded atop a moving stagecoach. Converted from flintlock?

[John Holland]

Having taken a look at the pic's Mike sent, it is (imho) a short Spanish Migulet blunderbus of the late percussion period.

JDH

[Oviedo Minié]

It sounds like a Spanish " trabuco " , the 1800' typical spanish bandits gun , take a look at this Spanish Replica's gunmaker link...

http://www.ardesa.com/avancarga/esp/trabucos.htm

Best regards

[MikeArthur]

Our teammate Russell Klotz noticed that it's a lefty!!!


I would not like to face that thing at 10 feet with a load of buckshot!!!


If it's a flintlock conversion, would it be from the 18th C?