HELP! 3 Barrel Musket Need Help to ID


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KODIAK44
April 14, 2007, 10:35 PM
I need help identifying this musket. It is a 3 barrel, two shotgun and one rifled. It has no markings or dates on it.

Any help you can provide would be apprectiated.

Thanks!

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4v50 Gary
April 14, 2007, 10:43 PM
Drilling or three barrel gun. It appears there is a British Arrow on the breech. The stock though is distinctly American. Crescent shaped buttplate with American Eagle inlay shows its American heritage. It's unusual as the rifle barrel is atop of the two smoothbore barrels. Generally, in a German drilling, it's reverse with the two smoothbore atop the rifle barrel. That's another hint that suggests to me that is American. Try to see if there's markings on the barrels.

Duncaninfrance
April 15, 2007, 04:26 AM
Photographs of the inside of the lock plates and mechanism would probably tell you much more, but don't damage any of it if you take it apart!

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