HillBilly Willy
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Picked up a wall hanger... (more pics added)
Because it amused me.
I'm not sure if it's the 200+/- year old handiwork of someone's great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather bubba (give or take a great or two), or just good old American ingenuity.
Perhaps Elmer Fudd's ancestor got the end of his barrel blown to smithereens by a carrot stuck in the end, and he cut it down to "fix" it, or it's someone making themselves a maneuverable home defense gun, or Buffalo gun, or Coach gun. You decide!
It started life as a 1700's smoothbore flintlock musket, or maybe a flintlock fowler, as near as I can tell. Anyone here care to make another guess, or a more educated guess than me? There are no markings anywhere on it. The barrel now measures 15 7/8", with a total overall length of the gun coming in at approx. 31 1/2" long.
They added a front sight after it was cut down.
It looks as though someone used the end of the barrel as a battering ram. The outside diameter of the barrel is about 7/8".
Because it amused me.
I'm not sure if it's the 200+/- year old handiwork of someone's great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather bubba (give or take a great or two), or just good old American ingenuity.
Perhaps Elmer Fudd's ancestor got the end of his barrel blown to smithereens by a carrot stuck in the end, and he cut it down to "fix" it, or it's someone making themselves a maneuverable home defense gun, or Buffalo gun, or Coach gun. You decide!
It started life as a 1700's smoothbore flintlock musket, or maybe a flintlock fowler, as near as I can tell. Anyone here care to make another guess, or a more educated guess than me? There are no markings anywhere on it. The barrel now measures 15 7/8", with a total overall length of the gun coming in at approx. 31 1/2" long.
They added a front sight after it was cut down.
It looks as though someone used the end of the barrel as a battering ram. The outside diameter of the barrel is about 7/8".
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