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I stumbled across these images of an offering by French?? maker to the Emperor of Sankt Petersburg and it impressed on me on the probability of W.& C. Scott & Sons being sourced in 1860s & 1870s by the craftsmen of other gunmaking centers across Europe for upper rung offerings. I assume this DR was 1 of 2 and the serial number 302 is that of W. & C. Scott & Sons. I think the owner gave the diameter to be something like 12.7mm. Peter or Marc I will guess you have info on this maker?        Link to Joe's post of W.&C. Scott & Sons serial numbers and DGS listing: http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=253548&page=17 http://www.doublegunshop.com/dgsnos5.htmKind Regards, Raimey rse
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The occupation in French would be "arquebusier", sometimes abbreviated as it is on this gun.
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Thanks for the correction.
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Is the right firing pin missing or broken?
USAF RET 1971-95 ![[Linked Image from jpgbox.com]](http://www.jpgbox.com/jpg/57865_80x60.jpg)
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I would suspect so.   Rigby Style forend latch - Charles Harvey forend British patent 1793 of 1866. Kind Regards, Raimey rse
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i currently possess ah wc scott & son muzzle loader in 12 bore. hit has no serial number. does dat mean hit was maid befo 18 in 65?
Last edited by ed good; 11/27/11 10:56 PM.
keep it simple and keep it safe...
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William & Charles Scott was founded in 1832 and I'm not sure when the "Sons" was added. It may be that the 1865 was the beginning of the serialization of the breech-loader, but that's just a wild guess. Another point of information is that I'm pretty sure Charles Harvey was employed at Wilkinson Sword, which was initially founded by Henry Nock as a gunmaking firm.
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Raimey, yes I have the compleet history on the maker, one the the Russian forum members have send it to me in Russian language and my wife was so kind to translate it for me in English.
It is a word doc, so I send it to your privat mail. You can post it later if you want.
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I recall that the late Bill Wise was very interested in Matskas.
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