Good morning all!
I visit this site quite frequently, but seldom post here unless your collective knowledge might help me out. A friend brought by a gun he'd like to hang on the wall of his hunting cabin. The barrels are pretty much toast with pitting and rust, and the top rib is only attached for about three inches near the hammers. He asked if I could re-solder the top rib so it would present better at the cabin. No problems there, but can anyone tell me anything about the gun?
Its a muzzle loading shotgun, at least 12 gauge, (haven't measured bore yet) with 45" barrels, a real beast. We think the gun came from the Baltimore area. Pretty heavily engraved, and some real nice inlayed metal work. A.C. Baxter (I think)is engraved toward the rear of each side lock.
Very faint proof marks (not sure of the origin) visible on each tube underneath the barrels.
Any insight you folks could provide on the gun would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
John Liles
