W. Bellamy Musket
I have an antique musket and I am looking for any information about it. The barrel is 39 inches long and .69 caliber. At the breech is stamped 1841 and and illegible touchmark and another touchmark that reads TF. There is a bayonet lug on the top of the barrel 1 1/4 inches from the muzzle. On the underside are 3 tennons. The ramrod is metal with a flared end. I only have the lock plate and no parts for it. I believe it was originally flint and was converted, due to the filled in holes on the lockplate. There is some engraving on it and the words, W. BELLAMY WARRANTED are stamped on it. Below are some pictures of the gun.
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Since you didn't ask a question I will assume you want to know something about what it is and what might be done with it.
Good pictures of the butt cap, side plate opposite the lock and trigger guard might make it possible to ID it. From what I see it is probably an assembled piece using a military barrel and non-military lock. The lock was not a flint lock. The barrel may have been. The date could be for a date of conversion.
At best it is a project piece that someone might want to reassemble or repair. As-is its value is for its parts and whatever "possibility" a would be restorer sees in it.
Cost to restore it to working condition would outweigh the end value many times.0
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