What is this old rifle

[mopar92]

My neighbor has this old rifle. The only thing I can make out is "enton" on the brass... Neat old rifled barrel gun.

 

[nbkky71]

The only thing that I could guess would be an old British Fenton rifle. Those were originally flintlock though, so perhaps it was a percussion conversion?

 

[mopar92]

It's very old looking, the stock is all but ruined... Barrel looks ok.. Definately rifles bbl.

 

[303tom]

That is a Kentucky long rifle, probably a Pennsylvania.............

 

[mopar92]

Who made it??

 

[Liberty1776]

with a gun in that age and condition, if there isn't anything written on the bbl(and maybe underneath) you have no chance of finding out.

 

[mopar92]

Yeah the only thing I can see is a diamond shape, with *enton can't make out the first letter(s)

 

[Jim Watson]

Looks like a generic late Pennsylvania/Kentucky long rifle.
The "-enton" stamp on the lockplate is probably the manufacturer of the lock itself, not the whole gun.

 

[Chawbaccer]

Looks like a converted flinter to me. The patchbox will be the clue to the maker. You need to get in touch with the various long rifle associations and send a good picture of it.

 

[mopar92]

I'm in touch with some long rifle folks. Thanks for the direction.