Something we dug up
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I'll try to get some pics up.....I wouldn't take $1000 dollars to shot it even once. The barrel seems quite thin to me. I've seen a LOT of original and reproduction Enfields...and it most definitely looks thin in places. Also the musket nipple is at best...hopeless Most if not all the rifling is gone...the outside is what is in good shape. Very minimal (if really any at all) pitting, and the whole thing has a very nice even brow patina.
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As promised...Sorry OP not meaning to hijack, and I don't understand the new photobucket format so apologies for the huge size of pics
note the curious marks on the stock, 7 short and one long evenly spaced hand cut hash marks
with the hammed locked at full cock. the lock reads 1862 TOWER.
you can see where the stock was "whittled off" and the barrel was cut off at a slight angle
Sadly, the stock and brass trigger guard had some kind of varnish applied to them long before I received the rifle. I had always though of trying to remove it with something mild, but was always scared to. Surprisingly, quite a bit of the bluing is still present on the underside of the barrel along with 89 B D a sideways 8 followed by P 166 and then an I right under the breech. The under side of the tang is stamped with what looks like 186 P All the lock parts are stamped with 13 someplace on them as well as the barrel. And there is a F.J directly under the nipple drum.
note the curious marks on the stock, 7 short and one long evenly spaced hand cut hash marks
with the hammed locked at full cock. the lock reads 1862 TOWER.
you can see where the stock was "whittled off" and the barrel was cut off at a slight angle
Sadly, the stock and brass trigger guard had some kind of varnish applied to them long before I received the rifle. I had always though of trying to remove it with something mild, but was always scared to. Surprisingly, quite a bit of the bluing is still present on the underside of the barrel along with 89 B D a sideways 8 followed by P 166 and then an I right under the breech. The under side of the tang is stamped with what looks like 186 P All the lock parts are stamped with 13 someplace on them as well as the barrel. And there is a F.J directly under the nipple drum.
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Thanks Doc. This little feller sat on a gun rack right below a double barreled 410 in my great uncles basement since I was a corn nubbin 
more than once he caught me looking at it pining while we were playing pool together... what a Christmas that was when he came in carrying it
more than once he caught me looking at it pining while we were playing pool together... what a Christmas that was when he came in carrying itThanks for showing Berdan.. That is better then I thought... On the outside it looks so clean.. Just wonderful.. Just a question is the stuff in the barrel easily removable.. Like dust or fibers.. Or is this rust / carosioln attached to the barrel???
Just from the photo, it looks like you could give quick clean and clean it out.. (photos can be so distorting at times)..
Just from the photo, it looks like you could give quick clean and clean it out.. (photos can be so distorting at times)..
I noticed that after I posted the pics I took it all down, wiped all metal with dry lube. No there isn't any rust in the barrel...that was just dust and fuzz
swabbed the bore with TC bore butter and it looks good and clean now. (haven't had it out of the safe for a while) The bore is really in pretty good condition for a 150 year old gun that was burred.
I took it all down, wiped all metal with dry lube. No there isn't any rust in the barrel...that was just dust and fuzz swabbed the bore with TC bore butter and it looks good and clean now. (haven't had it out of the safe for a while) The bore is really in pretty good condition for a 150 year old gun that was burred.