I don't believe it is a pinfire conversion, but it would be nice to see it open. It looks to be a longarm modeled after Lancaster's central-fire breechloader of 1852 with the noseless hammers and underlever(Daw snap action??, Jones of 1859, combo of Lancaster, Daw and Jones??). Or it could be some variant of a self extracting striker model. It would also be nice to see the hammers back. With the forend, it is definitely before the 1870s when Anson's pushrod of 1872 entered the scene as did Deeley & Edge in 1873.

Kind Regards,

Raimey
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Last edited by ellenbr; 07/24/08 07:17 PM.