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General discussion => Antique Gun Collecting => Topic started by: Moonlitgallery on April 07, 2024, 10:57:05 PM

Title: JJ Henry flintlock . My first flintlock. Questions.
Post by: Moonlitgallery on April 07, 2024, 10:57:05 PM

I just found this rifle.  JJ Henry is on the lock.   Would he be the maker or just the lock maker.  All I see on the barrel is a number. 
(https://i.ibb.co/ssFCCGB/IMG-1971.jpg) (https://ibb.co/kqhJJfd)

(https://i.ibb.co/ckq9JXd/IMG-1970.jpg) (https://ibb.co/xXZbh8Q)

(https://i.ibb.co/QYQP7Ph/IMG-1961.jpg) (https://ibb.co/5s4rXrC)

Title: Re: JJ Henry flintlock . My first flintlock. Questions.
Post by: Moonlitgallery on April 07, 2024, 11:55:03 PM

(https://i.ibb.co/MZmJKNc/IMG-1948.jpg) (https://ibb.co/xXNrw51)

Title: Re: JJ Henry flintlock . My first flintlock. Questions.
Post by: Moonlitgallery on April 08, 2024, 12:54:09 AM

It has 1653 on the barrel
(https://i.ibb.co/8BwxB5q/IMG-1964.png) (https://ibb.co/yRCkRyt)

Title: Re: JJ Henry flintlock . My first flintlock. Questions.
Post by: rich pierce on April 08, 2024, 03:07:03 AM

Is there a cheekpiece on the other side? Is it a smoothbore or is the barrel rifled? In general the maker is indicated on the top flat of the barrel. Unless the lock and the barrel have the same signature or makers mark, I don’t trust the names on locks to indicate who made the gun.

Title: Re: JJ Henry flintlock . My first flintlock. Questions.
Post by: Moonlitgallery on April 08, 2024, 03:13:42 AM

It’s a smooth bore.  The only thing I see on the barrel is a number .   I’ve not taken off the barrel though .   Here’s the other side .
(https://i.ibb.co/3pTmhpn/IMG-1999.png) (https://ibb.co/St6wvtz)

Title: Re: JJ Henry flintlock . My first flintlock. Questions.
Post by: Shreckmeister on April 08, 2024, 02:27:18 PM

I love the lines of it. Condition is nice too. Enjoy it

Title: Re: JJ Henry flintlock . My first flintlock. Questions.
Post by: Von Hayek on April 08, 2024, 02:30:42 PM

Beautiful.

Title: Re: JJ Henry flintlock . My first flintlock. Questions.
Post by: Avlrc on April 09, 2024, 05:05:26 AM

Nice architecture.   The Cock & Frizzen & Spring look almost new.  I think it is a contemporary lock.  The gun is old, but the lock is not , in my opinion.

Title: Re: JJ Henry flintlock . My first flintlock. Questions.
Post by: spgordon on April 09, 2024, 01:08:05 PM

Speaking of that lock ...

I don't think I've ever seen a J. J. Henry lock that wasn't stamped (rather than, as here, engraved).

Has anybody else seen a lock on which the "J. J. Henry" is engraved?

Title: Re: JJ Henry flintlock . My first flintlock. Questions.
Post by: Daryl on April 09, 2024, 06:19:31 PM

The cock is definitely a "replacement", by the looks of it. The frizzen as well, it appears to me.

Title: Re: JJ Henry flintlock . My first flintlock. Questions.
Post by: JTR on April 09, 2024, 06:49:07 PM

No doubt a conversion from percussion to flint, judging from the lock parts and the corrosion on the barrel. Not hard to fix, just time consuming.
But all in all, a very nice looking sort of Lehigh rifle, and congratulations on finding it!
And thanks for showing it here!
John