Dr. Bob, the flats were made by Sneider and soldered on a set of barrels found on a muzzle loader, probably from England. Most of the receiver is a Sneider innovation. The proofmarks you see are from the old "donor" barrels. No proofmarks needed or found on guns made or manufactured or altered in the U.S. The proofs you see are from the muzzleloading gun that was converted. You see several parts of the conversion gun with the 6000 series serial numbers. Just parts from a previous muzzleloader and the Sneider serial no's are not part of the 6000 series. Kind of neat to have the "old" grip safety from the donor gun. I assume there are other older muzzleloader parts on the gun , like a buttplate, triggerguard, or even maybe those erect hammers. The receiver is pure Sneider, but the locks could have come from the donor gun.
Last edited by Daryl Hallquist; 04/23/11 09:14 PM.
