What is this and is it shootable?

Probably sold non-firing for liability reasons, and does have that India manufacture look about it. Wood looks like teak. Big honking rear sight for an 1863 Springfield though. Dump a 100 grain black powder square load with lead shot, tie it to a tire, point it down range, and use a 25 yard pull string on the trigger. If it blows up or bulges, I guess the seller knew what he was talking about. Would be a nice shotgun!

Why didn't you ask them why they considered it non shootable?

Everything is shootable....................once

Remove the rear sight and sell it to a CW reenactor. Should be safe with blanks.

Heir Kommt Die Sonne said:

The only identifiable markings are these stamps on the wrist.
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I cannot read them or make them out.

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I'm not familiar with them but by doing a little research, I found that those markings look like reproductions of original 1863 gov't. inspector's stamps.
Lodgewood Manufacturing advertises that they will stamp similar markings on an imported gun as part of their defarbing service at a cost of $10.

"Stamp ESA and HSH cartouches on lock panel. $10.00
Original 1863s had inspector's stamps on the lock panel. Larry Stevens has manufactured for us an exclusive set of inspector's stamps which he copied from rubbings taken off of original guns." --->>> https://www.lodgewood.com/M18631864-Springfield_c_202.html

According to an N-SSA thread, the "ESA" inspector mark on the stock is for Springfield Armory Master Armorer Erskine S. Allin," And: "which would be correct for a Model 1863 - Type II (sometimes called the Model 1864 or band spring model)."
--->>> https://www.n-ssa.net/vbforum/showthread.php/1071-Musket-ID?s=237398b2c92d8706f0b1365a4f5c519b

If the gun was authentic, the top stamp would also denote an inspector's initials at the Springfield Armory, and there would also be other stamps on some of the metal parts.