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10-30-2011, 05:24 PM
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Help identify this gun
Hi,
Can anyone help me identify this gun? I have researched Joseph Golcher but would like to know who made the rest of the gun and how old might it be? A piece of the gun is missing,
Thank you!
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10-30-2011, 05:30 PM
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give us a few more pics, like a full profile of the gun. And is it the hammer that's missing? That should be pretty easy to replace.
http://arms2armor.com/store/product667.html
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10-30-2011, 05:34 PM
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Looks like a cap lock, missing the snail or hammer. Circa 1840, so says Joseph Golcher Percussion Sporting Rifle, circa 1840 at Arms to Armor - The History Store
Looks like trips google foo is faster than mine!! 
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Last edited by dunerunner; 10-30-2011 at 05:36 PM.
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10-30-2011, 08:05 PM
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Originally Posted by dunerunner
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That one has a drum breech not a snail. Golcher was a lock maker, not a gun builder. Many builders used Golcher locks. They're even reproduced today.
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10-31-2011, 01:15 AM
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Let's have a full picture of the firearm.
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10-31-2011, 03:37 PM
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Here is the full gun.
Thanks!
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10-31-2011, 04:00 PM
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My gun looks different than the one in the link - more plain. No markings on the end of the barrel and the stock is not indented. I have not seen one that has a hunter shooting fowl like mine though.
Thanks
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10-31-2011, 05:03 PM
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MY Bad! thats a back action Lock
Track of the Wolf - Lock, Back Action right hand, percussion, by L&R
That is the only ready made back action lock Track of the Wolf sell's, they have they have lots of data to draw from and I bet they would be interested in looking at your Back action Ohio Rifle as not many of that type.
there are gunsmiths that build locks and may be able to make you a hammer from a casting
Last edited by Rex in OTZ; 10-31-2011 at 05:08 PM.
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