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Old 19th January 2015, 08:20 PM   #1
Ken Maddock
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Default Blunderbuss with bayonet

Hi all
Just recently purchased the attached blunderbuss
It looks to me to be of 1800's production with a typical Brown Bess mechanism, the trigger guard does not have the hole for the sling but it looks like the shape of a BB
the nice aspects of the gun is obviously the spring loaded bayonet but nothing in usual really with this, the spring is broken but this can easily be replaced
What is nice to have are the markings on the barrel, London, and London proof marks So this is city of manufacture but the letters and numbers further down the barrel are what I like most
A-N 7421
This is the irish registration number
A-N being for Antrim ( a county in Northern Ireland) followed by the gun number for the county 7421
Each county obviously has its own two letters

I can not find any records for these numbers being registered against owners but
You never know what turns up.
Hope you like it as it as much as I do, have been looking for one at the right price for a while
I also got a lovely 4 bore percussion shot gun in the same deal but this would be a bit modern for you guys and girls
Keep well
Ken
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