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Exellent, Rich!
That's what I told about

Guess I found mistake on this page.
"double 24in barrels of 32 bore (.56 caliber 1747 grain bullet)"
.56 caliber it's about 25 gauge, not 32 "bore".
Then 1747 grain bullet it's extremely heavy bullet and this particular double rifle doesn't look so heavy and barrel thick to be ready to fire such a heavy bullet.
I guess 747 grain bullet would be about right.

Good catch there Geno, didn't notice that size discrepency. It actually is closest to a 26ga though (.563", 25ga = .571") & of course the "32 Bore" is only .526". 1747 grains would be extremely heavy for this size bore, about equivelent to trying to run a 500 grainer through a .30 caliber.

With no information on the projectile it is hard to say. I believe it was foremost used as a rifle. The fact that it might have used a blank cartridge suggest to me that the exploding round may have had a shaft or long rod inserted in on top of the blank with the charge on the end, like a rocket on mortar. I also noticed the patch box latch, looks crude for a sporter. Just my thought nothing certain but very interesting. Its out there somewhere, ill keep digging. Rich

Geno,
I think this might shed some light on the subject. I took this from, The Gun and its Development, by W. W. Greener.I think it might be the projectile for this gun. Do you know the Bore and barrel length, are there any pictures of the muzzle. Rich
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You can read this book on-line. Here are the links for the pages Rich just posted:

http://books.google.com/books?id=3HMCAAA...pment#PPA613,M1

http://books.google.com/books?id=3HMCAAA...pment#PPA612,M1

http://books.google.com/books?id=3HMCAAA...pment#PPA606,M1

In addition, the index is hot-linked...
http://books.google.com/books?id=3HMCAAA...pment#PPA765,M1

Pete

Thanks Pete. Not very clear, tough to copy those thick books. If i live to be 100 maybe ill get this computer figured out. Rich

Rich,

You're doing great research! Not easy stuff to find. I read some of the passages from Greener. Very interesting, learned alot.

Pete

Gentlemen, I would say the silver Shield is engraved with a "Signal Beacon". There used to be many of them all along the south coast of England, on the high points of the coast.Made of Iron they were used Nov. 5th each year. I saw aFrench DB Hammer B/Loader years ago with a similar'Flaming Beacon' engraved Monogram. It came in from South Africa..cc

I believe the signal fire is most likely correct. Standind on a single pole would make a shakey blind. Crossed chisles, how far from Bangor Maine are you.
Rich