Author Topic: Percussion Smoothbore Box Lock ID help  (Read 2665 times)

medbill

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Percussion Smoothbore Box Lock ID help
« on: April 01, 2011, 06:13:13 AM »


Half stock smoothbore missing what was probably a bead sight.  Anyone ever seen one of these before?  Thanks for any help.
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Offline Stan

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Re: Percussion Smoothbore Box Lock ID help
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2011, 10:49:05 PM »
I believe that Hopkins & Allen made guns like that.

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Re: Percussion Smoothbore Box Lock ID help
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2011, 11:25:17 PM »
Chuckle  :D  #1 wrong answer.  #2 wrong answer is Wesson.
Any more speculation?
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Re: Percussion Smoothbore Box Lock ID help
« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2011, 02:53:21 PM »
medbill:
 
  From your picture, it looks like a shotgun made by Remington .  A description with picture can be found in Flayderman's
(5E-076.5).  It cites that they were made "c. 1866 through 1870's...  20 ga. with 35" round barrel..."
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