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General discussion => Antique Gun Collecting => Topic started by: moondoc smith on April 02, 2022, 01:03:49 AM

Title: Trying to I.D. this flintlock converted to percussion HHSt
Post by: moondoc smith on April 02, 2022, 01:03:49 AM

Any ideas on this .69 conversion??  Barrel length, 42" ,Lug on muzzle for bayonet. no stampings left in the metal has a nice bore    The HHSt has me baffled




(https://i.ibb.co/gZ75wX3/1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/b53SLyP)

(https://i.ibb.co/XzxSsZh/2.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Jzj57Rf)

(https://i.ibb.co/hHcj5MS/3.jpg) (https://ibb.co/BjGxDP9)



(https://i.ibb.co/VVK3xy9/4.jpg) (https://ibb.co/G7hF9wp)

Title: Re: Trying to I.D. this flintlock converted to percussion HHSt
Post by: Clark Badgett on April 02, 2022, 01:36:04 AM

Looks like a European musket and original percussion.

Title: Re: Trying to I.D. this flintlock converted to percussion HHSt
Post by: 120RIR on April 02, 2022, 02:36:19 AM

That's a "Model 1809" Prussian "Potsdam" musket.  Although it's referred to as the Model 1809, they were manufacture in percussion (like you have) in the 1830s and maybe later.  They were imported in large numbers early on in the U.S. Civil War.  I am, however, not quite sure what that square dug-out area is on the cheek.  They were designed with a scooped-out area there but to the best of my knowledge, not with a gouged-out square like that.