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Please Help Indentify Old Museum Guns!
BigBarn
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Hi guys, I'm back with the pictures, but I can not figure out how to get them on this sight, so they are all on the sight I created for that purpose. The address is
-http://www.msnusers.com/GunBrokerForums/pictures-
Please if any of you have the time to go and look, and help me identify these old guns, I will make sure you all get a recomendation to Santa Claus next Christmas!
There are about fifty pictures, but only fifteen guns, so it should not take you fabulous experts to get some kind of info on them.
And of course, thank you for your help. In the mean time, I am working on gathering any and all information I can come up with, as far as serial numbers, or dates of manufacturing that are available on all of them. Most have no numbers, or names of any kind, so bear with me and we'll see what we caome up with.
Again, thanks to all for your generous hel-p!
BigBarn[8)]
"Respect the land, and it will respect you"
-http://www.msnusers.com/GunBrokerForums/pictures-
Please if any of you have the time to go and look, and help me identify these old guns, I will make sure you all get a recomendation to Santa Claus next Christmas!
There are about fifty pictures, but only fifteen guns, so it should not take you fabulous experts to get some kind of info on them.
And of course, thank you for your help. In the mean time, I am working on gathering any and all information I can come up with, as far as serial numbers, or dates of manufacturing that are available on all of them. Most have no numbers, or names of any kind, so bear with me and we'll see what we caome up with.
Again, thanks to all for your generous hel-p!
BigBarn[8)]
"Respect the land, and it will respect you"
Comments
Captain Kirk, Tech Staff
To simplify all of this, why don't you do as I suggested a while back and send the digital images to me as regular email attachments and I'll post them for you.
If you've misplaced my email address use the icon at the top of this reply and I'll reply w/ my direct mail address.
If you only have time to do two things so-so, or one thing well ... do the one thing!
The one rifle you have pictured (P4061288.JPG, P4061289.JPG, P4061290.JPG, P4061291.JPG) looks like a Frank Wesson two-trigger. Old Norm Flayderman has some good information in his book on them. I only saw pictures of just one firearm... are there others?
Bert H.
Real Men use a SINGLE-SHOT!
WACA Historian & Life Member
To give you a more accurate idea of what you have, all markings/proofmarks, calibers/gauges, overall length and barrel lengths will have to be provided. Also close up high quality photos.
This is what I have came up with after a cursory look.
1), # P4031238 - Belgian? Flobert Rifle
2), # P4061251 - Double Barrel Hammer Shotgun
3), # P4061255 - Very High Grade Sporter, Built on what appears to be a Model 1871 Mauser single shot action.
4), # P4061260 - Sharps-Borchardt Military Rifle, that has been sporterized.
5), # P4061264 - Another Double Barrel Hammer Shotgun
6), # P4061268 - Double Barrel Rifle with external hammers, with underlever opening.
7), # P4061271 - Marlin Model 1891 Lever Action Rifle, 1st Variation.
8), # P4061274 - Another Lever Action Rifle.
9), # P4061276 - Ballard Carbine, Civil War era.
10), # P4061284 - German Military, Model 1888 Carbine, made in the Eurfurt Military Arsenal.
11), #P4061288 - Frank Wesson Rifle, Second Type.
Captain Kirk, Tech Staff
Thanks again for all your help![:D]
"Respect the land, and it will respect you"
And again, thanks for your expert help! [:D][:)][^]
BigBarn
"Respect the land, and it will respect you"
I will be out of town most of the weekend, but if you can get them to me during that time I will start posting them when I get home.
If you only have time to do two things so-so, or one thing well ... do the one thing!