John Y Cannuck
New member
Can you identify it?
Caplock
bore .641" inside
smooth bore
34" bore length
50" overall length
Round tapered barrel Measures 1 1/8" across short flats at the breach a little over 3/4" at the muzzle
Front sight small Brass (?) blade about 1/16" high 1/4" long
Rear sight none.
3/8 wooden ramrod held in a small band beneath the bore, and extending into a round metal socket in the fore end.
no barrel band, the stock tapers to an end 11" ahead of the trigger guard
barrel is retained with a small pin, not a wedge, and a single screw at the breach
Lock bears the American Eagle with a sheaf of grain and a vine(?) in its talons.
1864 is stamped to the rear of the hammer.
US BRIDESBURG is stamped below the nipple just ahead of the eagle.
Trigger guard starts off 1/4" round flattens out to 1" below the trigger, then returns to 1/4" round
But plate is slightly curved one screw on top, one in the butt.
Caplock
bore .641" inside
smooth bore
34" bore length
50" overall length
Round tapered barrel Measures 1 1/8" across short flats at the breach a little over 3/4" at the muzzle
Front sight small Brass (?) blade about 1/16" high 1/4" long
Rear sight none.
3/8 wooden ramrod held in a small band beneath the bore, and extending into a round metal socket in the fore end.
no barrel band, the stock tapers to an end 11" ahead of the trigger guard
barrel is retained with a small pin, not a wedge, and a single screw at the breach
Lock bears the American Eagle with a sheaf of grain and a vine(?) in its talons.
1864 is stamped to the rear of the hammer.
US BRIDESBURG is stamped below the nipple just ahead of the eagle.
Trigger guard starts off 1/4" round flattens out to 1" below the trigger, then returns to 1/4" round
But plate is slightly curved one screw on top, one in the butt.