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Help!! What kind is gun is this

goldenpawn3
I cant find out anything on this gun no info. But 849 is written on it if it helps

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  • Spider7115
    It appears to have been converted from flintlock to percussion and is possibly Prussian. Are there are foreign proofmarks on the barrel?
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  • rufe-snow
    The spring loaded mechanism mounted on the lockplate was known as "hinged, nipple protector/safety". It was mostly found/used on Prussian military firearms. It's hard to say if the three digit number on the lockplate is a date or a serial number? It was common in Italy and Austria during that time frame to date their military firearms with just the last 3 digits of the year.

    It might be one of the obsolete percussion muskets sold to either the North or South during the Civil War?
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  • JohnnyBGood
    First off, what appears to be a double
    eagle head on the tail of the lock and
    the elimination of the first year of the
    date [1]849 are clues that it is an Austrian
    arm.

    Secondly, I THINK this is what is known as a
    pill lock, which was like an automatic
    primer such as the Maynard or Sharps pellet primer.

    Many pill locks proved unpopular/unreliable and were
    converted to use an ordinary percussion cap.

    Do an internet search on Austrian pill lock
    and you might find some info.

    John
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  • rufe-snow
    You might consider posting your question(s) and photos to a forum such as the one at this link,

    http://www.antiqueguns.com/phorum/list.php?6

    It's members are both U.S and foreign collectors of antique firearms, many with years of hand-on experience. If any one could positively identify your rifle, it would most likely be one of them.
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  • goldenpawn3
    i found an serial number 15cn27 if that could help
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  • rufe-snow
    quote:Originally posted by goldenpawn3
    i found an serial number 15cn27 if that could help



    If the musket/rifle? is Prussian? The marking might be what collectors call a "Regimental", rather then a serial number. Regimentals identify the unit the firearm is used in/issued to. This type of identification was used up until the early years of the First World War by the Germans.
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