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General discussion => Antique Gun Collecting => Topic started by: eddillon on June 06, 2013, 01:30:26 AM

Title: German lock with "IR" cartouche ??
Post by: eddillon on June 06, 2013, 01:30:26 AM

Posted the associated smooth rifle a couple of years back.  Gun and lock are unmarked except for the cartouche on the inside of the lockplate.  I have a added a couple of photos to this post hoping I can get some direction as to origin of the lock.  Anybody out there who has seen such a cartouche?
 (https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1207.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fbb471%2Feddillon%2FLockcartouche_zpsdddb71cc.jpg&hash=06f5f8b7943b14decafb8529e93e20ca93ae4cfe) (http://s1207.photobucket.com/user/eddillon/media/Lockcartouche_zpsdddb71cc.jpg.html)
Cartouche appears to be "IR".  I assume that the "I" could be a "J".
Since to percussion conversion was bugging me, I re-converted.  Please don't be offended.
(https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1207.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fbb471%2Feddillon%2FLock-1_zps5eeb29b4.jpg&hash=7b074143308e8186af7e392153108f12349829d3) (http://s1207.photobucket.com/user/eddillon/media/Lock-1_zps5eeb29b4.jpg.html)
I'll post an after picture and some pix of the rifle later.   Here is a link to a series of photos of the smoothrifle:

http://www.neconos.com/detailssmooth.htm   You may have to copy and paste.