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the War of Northern Aggression EXPERTS

MFIMFI Member Posts: 7,899 ✭✭✭
edited January 2017 in Ask the Experts
Any ideas on this gun. No markings on it at all.. Disregard the price .

http://www.GunBroker.com/item/610784083
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  • charliemeyer007charliemeyer007 Member Posts: 6,572 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Interesting pinfire, better pic's would help the seller.
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  • Spider7115Spider7115 Member Posts: 29,704 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Looks like a Belgian pinfire. Does it have any "ELG" markings, like maybe underneath the barrels?

    By the way, it's "CAVALRY", not "Calvary". Calvary is where Jesus was crucified. Just sayin'... [;)]
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  • MFIMFI Member Posts: 7,899 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You saw this one when you were here Spider.. I see absolutely nothing on this gun.
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  • Spider7115Spider7115 Member Posts: 29,704 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by MFI
    You saw this one when you were here Spider.. I see absolutely nothing on this gun.

    Yep, I thought it looked familiar.
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  • rufe-snowrufe-snow Member Posts: 18,650 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Years ago when I was a member of a antiques gun forum. The same situation arose. Gentleman sent in photos of a percussion double, that he wanted to verify that it was used by the confederate cavalry.

    The members very politely told him, that there was no way they could do this. Percussion shotguns were made as late as the 1870's,(Pinfires even later). The rebs used any shotgun, they could get there hands on. Unless you had one, with an ironclad provenance/chain of ownership. Dating back 150 years, nobody could honestly authenticate it.
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Unless you have period photos of some soldier holding the gun or written statements from the time, you have a gun and a story. The story adds no value to the gun.
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  • 11b6r11b6r Member Posts: 16,584 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Do not claim expertise, but agree with what the folks up there said. Had forefathers that WERE in the Confederate Cavalry, and firearms were frequently "bring what you got". The gun pictured is a Lefaucheux STYLE pinfire. Markings (if any) will likely not be visible until barrels are removed, and would be on the water table of the receiver and the underside of the barrels.

    And yes, would be looking for the little ELG in an oval- proof mark of the Leige Belgium proof house.
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