Ok so my dad found this in the 70s in a field.
Now i have it,
So it says ''LEMILLE A LIEGE'' which points to a french belgium city (Liege).
I did a little research online and I what i came up with was that it was probably made around 1860 buy the 'LeMille' guy who had a facility and produced those. It was found near Ottawa (Canadian capital) on the french side (Quebec).
It doesn't have any other inscriptions on it except like the icon or company brand, and it's very small.
So I made an account here maybe someone here has some extra information for me about this musket/rifle. Of course i'm curious about how much it's worth but I intend on keeping it in the family.
I know pretty much NOTHING at all about guns what so ever. But to my eyes it seems in a rather good condition for spending 100 years in the dirt, which makes me a bit suspicious about its authenticity. But then again, what do I know...
So here I am lol... What do you guys think?
Also the thing with which you push down the gunpowder and bullet sticks out a bit. It won't go deeper... Which is weird. It shouldn't go further than the rifle right? Oh yeah and it's hanging on a guitar hook thing for the pics, I just rotated the pics so the gun is horizontal.
Now i have it,
So it says ''LEMILLE A LIEGE'' which points to a french belgium city (Liege).
I did a little research online and I what i came up with was that it was probably made around 1860 buy the 'LeMille' guy who had a facility and produced those. It was found near Ottawa (Canadian capital) on the french side (Quebec).
It doesn't have any other inscriptions on it except like the icon or company brand, and it's very small.
So I made an account here maybe someone here has some extra information for me about this musket/rifle. Of course i'm curious about how much it's worth but I intend on keeping it in the family.
I know pretty much NOTHING at all about guns what so ever. But to my eyes it seems in a rather good condition for spending 100 years in the dirt, which makes me a bit suspicious about its authenticity. But then again, what do I know...
So here I am lol... What do you guys think?
Also the thing with which you push down the gunpowder and bullet sticks out a bit. It won't go deeper... Which is weird. It shouldn't go further than the rifle right? Oh yeah and it's hanging on a guitar hook thing for the pics, I just rotated the pics so the gun is horizontal.