Blunderbuss help

[Suzet Boye]

Have been trying to figure this out been in my family on my Fathers side they came over from Germany and lived in the Catskill Mountains

 

[zburkett]

I know very little about them but have run across them researching boarding pikes. They were used as "Coach Guns" and on ships the bell at the muzzle was to make it easier to reload from a pitching platform. From the very little I know about flint lock actions, my guess is mid 1700s.

 

[kevikens]

That firearm is a beauty and the stock shows a strong Dutch design. Perfect defense for goulies and ghosties and things that go bump in the night. Perhaps it explains how that Hessian Headless Horseman got that way.

 

[UCVRelics]

Welcome From THE Heart Of Dixie. Very nice Piece. Thanks for posting the photos. Beautiful carvings on the stock and forearm.

 

[Jobe Holiday]

Very nice, especially with the silver wire and pin inlays, and nicely executed carving!
J.

 

[JOHN42768]

Wonderful engraving. The muzzle is huge

 

[mofederal]

That is a very nice blunderbuss. I like the carving and scroll work. It is a beautiful piece. Than you for posting it. We hope to hear more from you. I hope the weather is good there.

 

[Story]

Can we see some more pics of the underside?

 

[Suzet Boye]

Can we see some more pics of the underside?

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[Suzet Boye]

That is a very nice blunderbuss. I like the carving and scroll work. It is a beautiful piece. Than you for posting it. We hope to hear more from you. I hope the weather is good there.

Hot like every where else

 

[Story]

The ramrod is not a separate, functional shaft but carved into the stock.

I do not think this piece is as old as it is meant to appear.

 

[Jobe Holiday]

Yes, it was a brutal 78 degrees with a steady breeze here all day today!
J.

 

[Suzet Boye]

The ramrod is not a separate, functional shaft but carved into the stock.

I do not think this piece is as old as it is meant to appear.

Yes I looked at Arabic Blunderbuss fromm early 19th Century as someone sugested and many of them were like that, just gets more and more interesting

 

[Suzet Boye]

Yes, it was a brutal 78 degrees with a steady breeze here all day today!
J.

Ohhh if only!!!

 

[WJC]

Have been trying to figure this out been in my family on my Fathers side they came over from Germany and lived in the Catskill Mountains

Nice piece with a great family connection! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Story]

One last photo request - can you take a this pic again, but with the frizzen forward?

Right now it's at rest, coving the pan.

 

[tbuckley]

Is the barrel wire twist like some late 19th shotguns were? I'm probably wrong, but a bit confused by the lines, or maybe grooves, in the bore.

 

[kevikens]

One last photo request - can you take a this pic again, but with the frizzen forward?
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Right now it's at rest, coving the pan.
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I see what you mean. Is there a functioning vent?

 

[Story]

Is the barrel wire twist like some late 19th shotguns were? I'm probably wrong, but a bit confused by the lines, or maybe grooves, in the bore.

I think what you/we're seeing is lathe marks inside the bell of the muzzle.

 

[zburkett]

With Story pointing out the ramrod, could this be something like a movie prop?