Author Topic: Barrel?  (Read 1949 times)

Offline Longknife

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2094
Barrel?
« on: March 13, 2020, 11:45:38 PM »
Ok< tell me about this barrel. Opinions welcome, Thanks Ed









Ed Hamberg

Offline Longknife

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2094
Re: Barrel?
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2020, 03:56:29 AM »
OK, I'll take a shot, Its French!
Ed Hamberg

Offline Mike Brooks

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 13415
    • Mike Brooks Gunmaker
Re: Barrel?
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2020, 05:05:58 PM »
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 LynnC

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2092
Re: Barrel?
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2020, 06:10:28 PM »
Mike makes a convincing argument. I think he nailed it. Are there any proof marks under the breech?
The price of eggs got so darn high, I bought chickens......

Offline Mike Brooks

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 13415
    • Mike Brooks Gunmaker
Re: Barrel?
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2020, 06:30:08 PM »
Mike makes a convincing argument. I think he nailed it. Are there any proof marks under the breech?
Nope. I believe these were made in either Liege or Utrecht.
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 Longknife

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2094
Re: Barrel?
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2020, 08:08:49 AM »
Well I was darn close!!!!! There are no proof marks on mine either.. Thanks, Ed
Ed Hamberg

Offline Mike Brooks

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 13415
    • Mike Brooks Gunmaker
Re: Barrel?
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2020, 04:13:25 PM »
Well I was darn close!!!!! There are no proof marks on mine either.. Thanks, Ed
I have seen probably 8-10 of these in person, none are marked.
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'?