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<p>[QUOTE="Skinflint, post: 10171489, member: 90174"]Hi Komokwa,</p><p><br /></p><p>I know this OP is quite old, however, your reply matches very closely to a caplock rifle in my possession…including a “burst” barrel, no butt-plate, iron nail decoration, sheet metal trigger guard, and leather strapping. It appears to be a repaired/refitted cap lock where perhaps the original mechanism broke and a salvage one used to replace. I don’t think it is a conversion from flintlock but a repaired cap lock. If you have any thoughts about this piece, I would appreciate your feedback. Thanks[ATTACH=full]508778[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508779[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508780[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508781[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508782[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508783[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Skinflint, post: 10171489, member: 90174"]Hi Komokwa, I know this OP is quite old, however, your reply matches very closely to a caplock rifle in my possession…including a “burst” barrel, no butt-plate, iron nail decoration, sheet metal trigger guard, and leather strapping. It appears to be a repaired/refitted cap lock where perhaps the original mechanism broke and a salvage one used to replace. I don’t think it is a conversion from flintlock but a repaired cap lock. If you have any thoughts about this piece, I would appreciate your feedback. Thanks[ATTACH=full]508778[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508779[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508780[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508781[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508782[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508783[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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