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Wheelock rifled octagonal barrel ca. 1650 33 inches long, 1-1/4 across flats, VG+ Condition
Guns International #: 100682401 Seller's Inventory #: 79
Category: Gun Parts - Antique Rifle - Military Collectible US
Seller's Information
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Seller: ChrisJJJP
Member Since: 10/23/15
First Name: Christian
Last Name: Perlmutter
State: Massachusetts
Zip: 02740
Country: United States
Phone: 774 417 3156
Number of Active Listings: 0
Total Number of Listings: 41
Seller: Private Seller
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
I pack very carefully and have never had a gun broken or damaged in shipping. Will be glad to ship per your wishes, as long as it does not seem risky.
Payment Types Accepted: Cashiers check, Postal Money Order
Description:
Wheelock rifled octagonal barrel ca. 1650 33 inches long, 1-1/4 across flats. This is a nice old mostly brown/mixed with some gray wheelock barrel that I bought from a friend a long time ago. He sent it to an expert (forget who, if he ever told me) who told him it was from a Wheelock ca. 1650. This was so long ago, he put that info on the barrel flat with one of those old plastic tape machines from the 60s which I can’t even remember what they were called. It has deep, straight rifling, a touch hole near rear, rear V-notch sight, front sight missing. Rear top flat of barrel marked MAX/a royal crest (slightly sunk) with what looks like a stylized M with a crown over it. No rust or pitting. This is not Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, who ruled from 1864-67, in the percussion revolver, breech loading carbine and rifled musket era. Far more likely it is one of the Habsburg Holy Roman Emperors: either Maximilian I (1486-1519) or Maximilian II (1562-1576). (Maximilian of Mexico was a member of the House of Habsberg-Lorraine, a female-line cadet branch of the House of Habsberg.) The Wheelock was invented ca. 1500 and was later superseded by the Snaplock (1540s), the Snaphance (1560s) and the Flintlock (ca. 1600). I don’t know where my friend got the 1650 date, but just because an improved mechanism comes along doesn’t mean that the older type immediately goes out of production. The Pilgrims at Plymouth colony (1620) and colonists at Jamestown in 1607 were still armed with matchlocks, as were the Spanish Conquistadors all through the 1500s. The barrel weighs about 10-12 pounds. Will ship in strong shipping tube. Shipping $20.00
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