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    Book lookup request - CONFEDERATE & SOUTHERN AGENT MARKED SHOTGUNS

    Hi. Just won a Moore & Co. Confederate shotgun from Little John's with agent "J.W.S. Bone Rome GA" on the rib. Would be much appreciated if someone who owns the book CONFEDERATE & SOUTHERN AGENT MARKED SHOTGUNS could share photos of the page or two dedicated to this Confederate agent. Lockplates need repair to operate right and the lug(?) that keeps the stock to the barrels via the wedge is broken, but I believe the lug is still there, held to the stock via the wedge. Nice piece of Confederate history to repair and ever so mildly recondition. Also, if there's any way to trace the shotgun to a regiment/company, please let me know. Thanks, Eric.
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    Here's the rib photo. Looks like JAs BONES, ROME GA. I've contacted the Rome Area History Museum administrator/curator, and hope she'll find some information as well.
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    Selena Tilly will have some folks at the Rome museum collect all the information about Bones and send my way in a few weeks. She knew about the Bones family tree(?), so looking forward to seeing what they can share.

    The lug(?) for the forend wedge looked to have been soldered, so after removing all that I'm now almost ready to spot weld at the ends to keep it in place. Eric.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ewmail15 View Post
    Selena Tilly will have some folks at the Rome museum collect all the information about Bones and send my way in a few weeks. She knew about the Bones family tree(?), so looking forward to seeing what they can share.

    The lug(?) for the forend wedge looked to have been soldered, so after removing all that I'm now almost ready to spot weld at the ends to keep it in place. Eric.
    Don't use too much heat. You don't want the rib to come loose from the barrels.
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    Great, great grandson of Cpl Elijah S Davis, Co I, 6th Alabama Inf CSA

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    Few parts needed

    Does anyone know of any Civil War era shotgun collectors who might also be parts collectors? My rear trigger broke, the left side tumbler can't be original because it keeps the hammer too far away from the lockplate face (too much play too), the screw that holds the two lockplates together was bent and ground down on opposite sides of the threaded section to hold them together, and maybe the hammers aren't original. One of the sears is also not right, not sure which one is right, but the left lockplate sear has a longer shaft than the right one, and that sear's area where it contacts the tumber teeth is longer than the other. At rest, the left mainspring is below the bottom line of the lockplate, which is why there's some stress damage to the stock area under where that lockplate sat. I'll provide photos and measurements as you'd need to assess if parts could be replacements. Thanks, Eric.

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