« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: A new find. Can someone ID these proof marks?  (Read 1354 times)

JohnHBryan

  • Guest
A new find. Can someone ID these proof marks?
« on: October 26, 2018, 10:48:55 PM »
What are these proof marks? 







dark peoms
Logged

JohnHBryan

  • Guest
Re: A new find. Can someone ID these proof marks?
« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2018, 10:51:39 PM »
Hardware:







Logged

Offline Mike Brooks

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 13235
    • Mike Brooks Gunmaker
Re: A new find. Can someone ID these proof marks?
« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2018, 10:59:34 PM »
British proofs. New England made gun.
Logged
NEW WEBSITE! www.mikebrooksflintlocks.com
Say, any of you boys smithies? Or, if not smithies per se, were you otherwise trained in the metallurgic arts before straitened circumstances forced you into a life of aimless wanderin'?

Offline smart dog

  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *
  • Posts: 6829
Re: A new find. Can someone ID these proof marks?
« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2018, 11:03:21 PM »
Hi John,
Those are for St. Etienne, France during the 1730s or so. Mike you have to look closely at the mark.  Those are crossed chaffs of wheat not scepters.  it is the mark they used for "luxury" civilian arms.  I don't doubt it was likely made in New England but it used old French parts.

dave
« Last Edit: October 26, 2018, 11:08:29 PM by smart dog »
Logged
"The main accomplishment of modern economics is to make astrology look good."

JohnHBryan

  • Guest
Re: A new find. Can someone ID these proof marks?
« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2018, 11:09:15 PM »
Nice.  I had assumed it was a British mark of some sort.  The barrel is also octagon to smooth, but without any clear demarcation.  Just a slow transition.  Do you also see the ones with the little circles in the shape of a diamond?  this is also found on top of the barrel, but barely visible.
Logged

Offline smart dog

  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *
  • Posts: 6829
Re: A new find. Can someone ID these proof marks?
« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2018, 11:35:46 PM »
Hi,
The barrel shape sounds French.  Does it have a long  top sighting flat extending from the octagon section, along the round portion to the front sight?  I don't know what the little circles mean.

dave
Logged
"The main accomplishment of modern economics is to make astrology look good."

JohnHBryan

  • Guest
Re: A new find. Can someone ID these proof marks?
« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2018, 11:50:40 PM »



Looks pretty round to me. I see a French barrel circa 1760 in the Grinsdale book with the same shape. The trigger guard is also very close.
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »