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Antique Perc. Fowler, from Euro. Flintlock Musket

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:100.00 USD
Antique Perc. Fowler, from Euro. Flintlock Musket
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Antique Percussion Fowler Likely Altered from a European Single Shot Flintlock Military Musket, NVSN, approx. 12 ga., 38'' round barrel with slender brass front sight and no rear sight marked ''1831'' on left breech flat adjacent to what may be proofmarks; beveled steel lockplate with rounded rear teat is marked ''(crown)/Neisse/1831'' below percussion bolster and heavy military-style hammer; brass triggerguard, sideplate, steel spring-retained single brass barrel band and brass buttplate dated ''1831'' below bottom screw, with one-piece hardwood halfstock (shortened from musket length) and plain hardwood ramrod. Condition is about good retaining no original finish to metal having a deep brown age patina mixed with scattered pitting (especially at breech/nipple area); clear lock markings; brass with age patina. Stock shows the expected scars and scrapes from long use but is solid. Action is crisp; bore shows deep rust. Est.: $200-$400. (Antique)