small brass step

Hmph............That is ONE TEENSY step......sorry, no idea......

 

agreed ....just makes me that much more curious ,

 

The table is an old one I no longer use just thought someone might like to see it the gun is the one from grandmas attic

 

I think the gun is 30-40 caliber range , hand whittled stock percusion cap part missing as is ramrod and part of chamber perhaps someone found it ? trigger mechanism works, it is rifled but slow spiraled, not a thing on barrel to indicate type etc

 

this is an old latch from old barn unusuak I thought . What items are favorite topics here ? anyone....?

 

The gun picture is too dark to make out any details apart from the fact that it appears to be a percussion action, possibly a shotgun if double barreled.

It appears to be missing the breechblock, and if it is single barreled it had a set trigger (a type of double trigger where you have a combination of routine and hair trigger action)

 

single barrel and yes the breechlock is missing

 

the table was made by knoxville table and chair co knoxville tn in existence 1880's to 1930

 

looks like the breech exploded.................

 

Well you r right I bet thats exactly why it wound up in Grandmas attic , Grandma was born in 1884 and great grandma lived with them so I always just wonder if its an old civil war rifle discarded . The battle of Belmont Mo , Columbus Ky isnt far and soldiers marched through a little town near here all day on their way there before the battle. No way to know for sure I do know that some almost exactly like that were displayed at Columbus -Belmont state park at one time.