Gun Help Needed...

[miked]

Looking on info on these 2 guns.. Not many marking on the boot pistol, and the musket has a few marks on the barrel and 1 on the stock. Just getting into the civil war stuff. Any help would be cool.. Thanks, Mike

 

[WJC]

Welcome! Thanks for sharing. They both appear to be European in origin, possibly French or Belgian. An area I am not familiar with, but others here are. You'll definitely get an answer and I'll learn something as well!

 

[Jobe Holiday]

Both arms are of Belgian manufacture, with the musket most likely being imported during the ACW by the North. The pistol is a commercial item and was available in the US prior to, and during, the ACW.
J.

 

[UCVRelics]

I'm not sure about the boot pistol but the model 1842/59 musket was made by August Francotte of Liege Belgium. Many of these were imported by both side during the CW

 

[Don Dixon]

The rifled musket is a Sardinian Army (Piedmontese) musket. Marcelius Hartley (2,000) and Minister Resident Henry Shelton Sanford (4,000) in Brussels, Belgium, bought small quantities of them in Europe in 1861-2 for the Federal Army.

Regards,
Don Dixon

 

[captaindrew]

Welcome to the forum, interesting pieces.

 

[JOHN42768]

Welcome, enjoy. Agree both Belgium proof marked

 

[mofederal]

Hello and welcome to the talk forum from Southeast Missouri on the banks of the muddy and frozen Mississippi River. Those are some nice weapons. I like the boot pistol, and the rifle.