Shae1324
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I'm in the estate sale business, and I happened to find an 1803 model Harper's Ferry in a closet that has me scratching my head a little. Its dated 1815, overall length is 38 inches, barrel length is 23" 1/4". Hand stamped Ohio, Harper's Ferry, some cartouches in the stock and the odd and end initials. The problem is that there's no patch hole or patch plate. The butt plate is just pot metal, not the gold colored Lewis & Clark. The stock and butt plate are well-fitting, not a sloppy home repair and I'll be damned if I can find any marks that suggest the stock was cut down, even though it looks a little short to me. What the hell is going on here? This is not my area of expertise, but I have to sell this thing, and I want to make sure I do right by it. It is not loaded, I already checked. Thoughts, questions, criticisms? I can't get a reliable answer from any of my guys down here.
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