New topic. New member. new new new..... old gun

Not sure if this is the right place to ask this.......
Muzzleloader "Just a wall hanger?" I've had it to a couple of gun shows and it seems to attract attention. As I don't know its worth I have not sold it. Buyers are interested. One possible buyer spent some time looking at it and said that it was late 1800's European. Barrel is almost 36".
Barrel starts out hex for about 8" then round. Some stampings on barrel. No name. Trigger is flat steel bent curved/rolled bottom. Overall length is about 54" Possible buyer said that it was originally a flint that was converted to percussion? Tried to look around on net for any info a few times and can't find anything that looks like it. It's original not cleaned up. Any help appreciated.

hello,,and welcome ..any chance of a pic of the lock or aera of the lock ?kinda hard to grasp what it might look like from the description,,what kind of markings on the barrel? crowns, numbers sheilds ,,horses or animals ? whatever ya can give us will help and especially a pic ,,as they say a pic is worth a thousand words ,,lol
bigcurt

I'll take couple and post yet tonight.
Thank You!

Can't seem to get pictures to submit. I hit attach image and they are pulled up but not transfered.

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hello there 2 possible reasons your pics aren't loading ,,1 is that there to big try reduceing them to 640x480pix ,,or sometimes if you try to preview the post before you hit submit they don't load ,,just put your pic in add an image and click submit and see if they load then...
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Made as small as possible.

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Any ideas bigcurt? anybody?

hello..thats sure unusual,,what do the prrof on the top of the barrel look like ?it may be something that came in from overseas ,,but i can't be sure ,,if you can get a better pic of the proofs i may be able to find something that matches ,,

,,it could be a hand made rifle and in which case it would be very difficult to pinpoint the exact maker ,,it looks pretty crude and i'm not sure if it was actually made to fire,,it may have been made as a decoration for a den or something like that,,but it appeares to have proof marks and usually these were marks put on after proof testing by gunmakers or as there trademark,,so mabey the proofs may hold something about the maker or a time frame,,

,,in the condition it looks to be in as for value ,,i can't see it being worth much and i'd say proably mabey 100 bucks tops to someone looking for something to hang above a fireplace in a game room or something ,,and i'm proably taking a chance telling you that price because i don't see it being a high dollar gun in the condition it appeares to be in..but then again i have seen many old rifles and shotguns made by old gunmakers that look about the same... but values are about the same also and more or less bought because they look old and sell as antiques more than for there actual value as a rifle or shotgun,,"unless" it's a well known gunmaker and these are usually more elaborate in design ,,this one's just to simple to be a from a known gunmaker !maybe someone else will see something i haven't from the pics and can chime in here if i'm wrong,,
bigcurt

Here is close up

also had a bag with 2 horns and a small leather flask looking thing as seen below.