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johnson1942
03-08-2016, 05:30 PM
a friend has a chance to buy a 26 inch long brass barrel with a steel liner in 44 cal. the seller claims it is from the civil war time period. precusion and has a breech plug. can this be real?, never heard of such a thing. or is this a scam?
Mk42gunner
03-08-2016, 06:33 PM
No idea if it is legit or not; but the technology for barrel lining did exist then.

Robert
Geezer in NH
03-09-2016, 08:26 PM
Doubt it.
M-Tecs
03-09-2016, 09:07 PM
They did it with cannon but I have no knowledge of it's use in rifles. I did find this http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=1063.0
John Taylor
03-09-2016, 09:38 PM
The first trap door Springfields were lined from 58 caliber down to 50
Geezer in NH
03-10-2016, 01:23 PM
Yes but not a brass barrel. I shoot one of the 1866 lined 50-70 rifle.

Never read or heard of a steel lined brass barrel in a military gun for the civil war USA.
johnson1942
03-14-2016, 11:41 PM
saw a picture of the barrel. very heavy wall, 26 inches long and weighs 10 pounds. the muzzle was made for a machined starter. was a target gun barrel and has a breech plug with a snail for the nipple. he got it for 60 dollars. allen doesnt care if it has a good bore or not, just wants it in his collection of things from days gone by. allen has a lot of other stuff also. a tommahawk from the south east coast that is worth a lot of money. he is a master craftsman him self. makes museum quality bowie knives and museum quality tommahawks. sold a tommahawk to robin wiilliams before he passed. we wonder who made this barrel?