rabbit ear 16ga double barrel w/gold inlay

swampstomper

January 08, 2002 16:06

16ga double barrel with gold inlay and rabbit ears or like hammer,w/bone or ivory for trigger guard with fancy scroll like desing made out of it.Came from germany some 150 to 200 yrs ago 1800 or earlyer,name" JULIIS CEASER" and some other writing on it ,can any one please help give me any information on this gun or tell me who can.THANK YOU!!!!!!

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  budreaux39

  January 08, 2002 21:29

  http://www.gunshop.com/HyperNews/get.cgi/gunshop.html Try this link. Should be someone to help sooner or later.Scott

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  nord

  January 09, 2002 04:06

  Rabbit ear hammers are an indication of a percussion system which would date the gun no earlier than 1830 or so. And there are some other points we need to cover...Ram rod or breech loader? Modern configuration or transition?If a breech loader, then probably no earlier than late 1870's. If modern in configuration (looks like the common double of the last 100 years), then post Civil War as a rule.Pre Civil War scatterguns were more a modified musket than the gun we know today. Stocks tended to have a curved shape that is distinct to their time.Proof marks will help, but I have a feeling that your gun is most probably of Belgian origin. More info would be nice.

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  swampstomper

  January 09, 2002 12:31

  Still have not gotten proof mark off of barrelas of yet. But have full name on barrel. JuluisCaeaer Efhrut. Believes that it come from Germany. Will know origin when we get proofmark off of barrel. You can tell by engravingson barrel and stock that it was done by a skilled craftsman of that era.

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  swampstomper

  January 10, 2002 14:10

  the spelling on that last name was wrong.it was "Julius Caesar Erfurt" and the proof mark is like a (crest or a crown) that has beengold inlay into the butt of the barrel, betweenthe two hammers

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  nord

  January 10, 2002 15:41

  That certainly makes the gun German, though it won't necessarily add any value to the gun. There exists little information on German / Austrian / Czeck guns so they more or less stand on their own merits.I'd want to see the gun before I had any more to say about value or date.

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  AdamsQuailHunter

  January 11, 2002 18:49

  Since you are sort of close by -- you might have John Woodland at C&J Enterprises take look at it.John Woodland530 Combine CtSt. George, GA 31646(912) 843-2032You won't be able to reach him by phone much before 8:00 p.m.

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