Scrubby
Private
- Joined
- Dec 2, 2018
Picked this up at my local GS yesterday. Represented as a parts gun, I carefully disassembled it, hoping to reveal and then decipher any markings or stamps. The barrel measures 29.75" from breech plug to muzzle, but has a bayonet lug? Barrel resembles a Lorenz about the breech, but the sight dovetail and location are unusual. There is a stamp on the left side of the breech, reads '1854' as well as some other letters/numbers adjacent. Lock and hammer are conversion 1816 typical but no marks are visible on the outside of lockplate. Inside of the lockplate there are several different numbers and proof stamps, inspector marks I've included some pictures here to show them.
Then the odd Tanner and Company trigger guard. The ramrod shows rough working to shorten it perhaps? The spring to capture it in the normal 1816 style is present. Intrigued by it's size and mismatched furnishings. Buttplate and screws look as if they've been together for a very long time. The repair at the wrist is pretty old as well. The cheek relief cut out of the stock looks pretty old as well. So, some pictures.
Then the odd Tanner and Company trigger guard. The ramrod shows rough working to shorten it perhaps? The spring to capture it in the normal 1816 style is present. Intrigued by it's size and mismatched furnishings. Buttplate and screws look as if they've been together for a very long time. The repair at the wrist is pretty old as well. The cheek relief cut out of the stock looks pretty old as well. So, some pictures.