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Posted by fred on 6/16/2009, 3:37 am, in reply to "Re: Old Muzzleloading Rifle"
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Nice group of photo's.
I'm no pro, but it does look like the gun was a flintlock at one time, and converted to a cap lock. Most of the conversions where done between 1820-1840. so my guess is the rifle pre-dates that era. The trigger guard looks out of date for the rest of the rifle, but that's not un-common as they break and are replaced by the current user.( even if the user has been dead for a 100 yrs.)
That tang is unique and fit's the stock, that could be the identifier for the maker of the gun.
The hole in the stock is/was simply known as a "grease hole" and indicates it was the lesser expensive model than one with a fancy "patchbox" installed.aka; gun known as a "poorboy" or barn gun.
The double trigger was probably installed with the conversion lock. The lock looks like either a Goulcher or J&S Hawkin, the main spring say's Goulcher to me. If it's Goulcher that dates the conversion 1840-1880.
Hope that helps as a starter,,let me ponder awhile, and maybe others will add to this. Thanks for sharing
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