Blackwater
10-23-2016, 04:27 PM
Don't get all excited! This isn't a custom #1 Ruger or really nice old Farquarharson. It's an old single shot from probably before or around the turn of the 20th century. It appears to be a single shot .410 shotgun. The action looks like an old falling block of smaller caliber and light build, but the lever simply breaks the barrel down for loading, a' la' the current crop of turn lever single shots like the NEF's, etc. It's rusty, and a friend gave it to me a couple of days ago. He said he's had it 25 years, and thought he might get around to fixing it up for shooting snakes or stuff in the yard, but just never got his round tuit. Now, he's really not capable of fixing it, and insisted that I take it. I told him that I'd never get the projects I already have finished, and he said that was OK, just find it a good home with someone who'd try to fix it up. So .... it's yours for a simple promise to give it a go.
The barrel won't lock up and I'm sure it's not safe to shoot as is, but it should be fixable. I'm supposing it'd take a little welding and cutting back down on the locking mechanism, and maybe a new spring for the hammer, since that's weak. The metal is rusty, but doesn't appear to be too deeply pitted. The barrel is a bit more rusted, but he kept oil on it fairly regularly, or at least every time he thought about it, and it's in pretty much the same to slightly better shape since he got it 25 years ago.
It looks similar to an old Stevens Favorite, but of course, is not a falling block. The writing is too far gone for me to read, but his wife rubbed a pencil over the inscription, and I think it looks like it was made in "Chickpee Falls, Mass., USA." Can't make out the manufacturer's name, and it may be some smaller outfit.
But it's cute as a runt puppy, even with the rust, and if it got fixed up, I believe it'd be safe to shoot, and would certainly be something one doesn't see every day. Should also make a good over the door gun for dealing with garden pests, etc., I think. The barrel seems to be made on a monoblock with the barrel fitted into it. The buttplate is missing, but that's easy to fix.
The buttstock, other than the missing buttplate seems to be tight and in good shape, except for being old and the finish gone. Wood appears to be pretty plain walnut. The forearm is kind'a blocky, and may not be original. One screw has a nut on it that seems to hold it to the barrel. There's a larger thumb screw, it appears, right at the very front of the action where the forend begins. Not sure if this is a takedown feature or what. Haven't gone into it at all, lest I decide to keep yet another "project" I may never get to.
I have a soft spot in my heart for these old single shots, and their graceful underlevers, and just want to find it a decent new home where someone will try to cure what ails it.
Free to the first one who posts here and says, "I'll fix it up." You only pay shipping. It weighs maybe 5 lbs. Anyone interested in these old guns here?
The barrel won't lock up and I'm sure it's not safe to shoot as is, but it should be fixable. I'm supposing it'd take a little welding and cutting back down on the locking mechanism, and maybe a new spring for the hammer, since that's weak. The metal is rusty, but doesn't appear to be too deeply pitted. The barrel is a bit more rusted, but he kept oil on it fairly regularly, or at least every time he thought about it, and it's in pretty much the same to slightly better shape since he got it 25 years ago.
It looks similar to an old Stevens Favorite, but of course, is not a falling block. The writing is too far gone for me to read, but his wife rubbed a pencil over the inscription, and I think it looks like it was made in "Chickpee Falls, Mass., USA." Can't make out the manufacturer's name, and it may be some smaller outfit.
But it's cute as a runt puppy, even with the rust, and if it got fixed up, I believe it'd be safe to shoot, and would certainly be something one doesn't see every day. Should also make a good over the door gun for dealing with garden pests, etc., I think. The barrel seems to be made on a monoblock with the barrel fitted into it. The buttplate is missing, but that's easy to fix.
The buttstock, other than the missing buttplate seems to be tight and in good shape, except for being old and the finish gone. Wood appears to be pretty plain walnut. The forearm is kind'a blocky, and may not be original. One screw has a nut on it that seems to hold it to the barrel. There's a larger thumb screw, it appears, right at the very front of the action where the forend begins. Not sure if this is a takedown feature or what. Haven't gone into it at all, lest I decide to keep yet another "project" I may never get to.
I have a soft spot in my heart for these old single shots, and their graceful underlevers, and just want to find it a decent new home where someone will try to cure what ails it.
Free to the first one who posts here and says, "I'll fix it up." You only pay shipping. It weighs maybe 5 lbs. Anyone interested in these old guns here?