Howdy y'all,
Ive got an opportunity to purchase an old percussion rifle and need some help in id'ing the thing..The only marks that I can find are "T. Davidson Cinncinatti, OH on the side plate, along with the standard bird dog scene.....From what Ive found previously, Davidson was a supplier of locks only...At the end of the octogon barrel are 5 rather crudely engraved stars...Caliber is about .36...half stock...ordinary wood...Overall condition is fair to OK...Brass trigger guard and hardware..
I suspect...guess...SWAG...suppose that the thing was assembled by some frontier gunsmith...maybe making the barrel and stock himself..
Any ideas, suggestions or other info would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks..
Ive got an opportunity to purchase an old percussion rifle and need some help in id'ing the thing..The only marks that I can find are "T. Davidson Cinncinatti, OH on the side plate, along with the standard bird dog scene.....From what Ive found previously, Davidson was a supplier of locks only...At the end of the octogon barrel are 5 rather crudely engraved stars...Caliber is about .36...half stock...ordinary wood...Overall condition is fair to OK...Brass trigger guard and hardware..
I suspect...guess...SWAG...suppose that the thing was assembled by some frontier gunsmith...maybe making the barrel and stock himself..
Any ideas, suggestions or other info would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks..
