Info on gun

[sirlostalot]

Can someone ID this gun from this picture. A friend wants to know the age and who made it. Thanks

 

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[allan]

have a pic of the other side or any markings ?

 

[sirlostalot]

have a pic of the other side or any markings ?

There's no markings anywhere on it that I saw. It belongs to a friend and I don't have another picture of it.

 

[Shortstack]

You'll just have to tell your friend he needs to provide more info and better pictures. To start, where'd he find it? All firearms will have some kind of markings on them. You (in this case your friend) will have to carefully clean it so the marks can be seen. Even small gunmakers will put some type of identifying mark on their weapons.

 

[allan]

also a few measurments would help, barrel length, bore size, also is it bronze, brass, steel ? looks like an old blunderbuss style pistol, maybe 17th ,18th century , but cant tell much of anything else with that one pic . if you watchs pirates of the carribean you can see a few closely resembling that gun

 

[sirlostalot]

You'll just have to tell your friend he needs to provide more info and better pictures. To start, where'd he find it? All firearms will have some kind of markings on them. You (in this case your friend) will have to carefully clean it so the marks can be seen. Even small gunmakers will put some type of identifying mark on their weapons.

I'll get him to clean it then I can take more pictures. Wont be untill next week.

 

[Shortstack]

That reinforcing ring around the barrel close to the end means it's an older gun. Later, makers had better metallurgical methods that allowed them to make stronger barrels that didn't need that metal band.

The maker's mark may be just 2 initials stamped somewhere on the side of the chamber or perhaps on the handle strap.

 

[homefires]

http://www.ambroseantiques.com/images/guns/fpistols/king1.jpg

 

[dneyedli@res1.mts.net]

I agree a better picture will be needed. Especially one that doesn't show it upside down.
It appears to be brass and at least from the 18th century. I look forward to more pics.
Dave.

 

[RGINN]

A few more pics from different angles would be helpful. Almost doesn't look like a gun to me.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I removed my post lol. Im really not familiar with old flintlock pistols.

 

[vayank54]

"The hole on the lower portion of the right sideplate seems odd though..."
Do you think that hole is for a pin that holds in an internal part. I dug a broken sideplate similar to that in a confederate camp and it has a hole in the same place.

 

[kuger]

I am in the same boat as many others that my knowledge is limited,but I have seen a few.I have seen several dug in 1850s camps that were VERY similiar,they were much earlier than that though.I have heard them referred to as boot pistols I beleive? That link Rando provided sure looks close

 

[allen_idaho]

Looks to be something like this:

http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/6317850

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

It looks like a percussion gun.

You are correct Rando. Its a 19th century percussion pistol similar to this gun but the barrel is different. I believe kugar its a Belgian boot pistol because I remember one found here before. http://pilbaraarmoury.com.p2.hostingprod.com/collection

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Heres the old link. http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,140530.0.html

 

[Ramitt]

Well done!

Interesting find to say the least.

 

[l.cutler]

A lot of these boot pistols were made in Belgium, but were made in other countries as well. The ELG in a circle is the Belgian proof mark. Most likely would have been made from late 1830's up through the Civil War.