Continental Percussion Rifle

[Feltwad]

Enclosed are images of a Continental Percussion rifle that I recent aquired which may be of interest to members .
Feltwad

[Feltwad]

Enclosed are a couple of images of the lock area notice the throw of the hammer
Feltwad

[MountainDevil]

what in the world?!!

[Rocklock]

I've seen similar attributed to Swiss and Bavarian ancestry.  Schutzen was the term applied and use was strickly target shooting.  The reverse acting lock would be less likely to cause the muzzle to dip on firing maybe?
TC

[greyhunter]

Thanks Feltwad, you have a beauty there. I like the stock shape and the drop of the stock!  

[Feltwad]

Thank you for the comments  which on other sites have been quoted has interesting ,good shape,and some including my good lady said it was ugly, ugly or not there was a lot of good workmanship went into this gun,.
Feltwad

PS   On the 16th of April Feltwad I will be 77years  of age  [Old Bugger]

[Bigsmoke]

Feltwad,
That is a very different style of rifle.  Although I don't really care for the design, I can readily see the amount of craftsmanship that went into its manufacture.
Happy Birthday in advance, to you.  Hope you have a wonderful time on your day.
John

[sse]

fascinating...you don't see one of those every day

[Hanshi]

Nice but rather odd looking.

[Feltwad]

Enclosed are images of another Continental rifle that I have just restored . It is in smootbore of 16 gauge with a 35 inch sighted round iron barrel
Feltwad

[Two Steps]

Feltwad...you just keep on bringing us interesting ML's...thank ya sir.

[rollingb]

Enclosed are images of another Continental rifle that I have just restored . It is in smootbore of 16 gauge with a 35 inch sighted round iron barrel
Feltwad

Another fine piece of history,.... thanks Feltwad!

[Stormrider51]

Really interesting that it's a smoothbore.  To look at the design I'd guess it would be rifled.  Thanks for expanding my knowledge again.

John

[Uncle Russ]

Really interesting that it's a smoothbore.  To look at the design I'd guess it would be rifled.  Thanks for expanding my knowledge again.

John

John, these posts of original rifles, IMHO, prove beyond a doubt that smooth bore RIFLES did indeed exist, as this very eloquent example shows.

Personally, I have never been in favor of the Schutzen style grip, but they were at one time very popular. I also admit to this being the very first Schutzen style smooth bore rifle I have ever seen.

I have seen smooth bore rifles before and most of them were with back-action locks, just why that was I have no idea, but there seems to have been quite a few smooth bore rifles around during the early to mid 1800's.

Uncle Russ...

[Hawken]

If it's a SMOOTHBORE it ain't a rifle! :roll eyes .....with which a patched ball can be fired!