This finally made it to my hands.
This was my Great grandpas shotgun.
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The markings on the watertable.
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I belive it is a 16 guage.
I really dont know anything more than it was his and now its mine.
I do know that I would love to have a shotgun built to todays standards but with the same shape as this one. Very comfortable and easy to point. It fits me very well. I think it would be a joy to carry in the field. I wonder how many rabbits it has taken?
Now that's a treasure! :wink:
very nice gun :yoyo:
I have my Grandpa's double barrel too and there is no amount of money that could buy it. That is a treasure of a life time, congrats!!! :highclap:
Very interesting. Looks to be in pretty fair condition too.
She's a nice looking old timer :yoyo:. Until I find my book "Proof Marks of the World" I won't say much more than I believe made in Belgium.
Very nice, Slag. Family heirlooms like that are so important. :congrats:
Been doing soem research
It is a M.C.Meacham Arms Co built between 1880 and 1890. It's a hardware store gun in that they were made on order for Meacham "a sporting goods distribuitor" by diffrent gunshops One in Belgium and the rest in the states. I beleave you are right Barry and this one was made in Belgium.
It has seen a lot of use. If I had blackpowder loads for it I still dont think I would shoot it. It is very loose in the lock up and the firing pins have been mushroomed from the hammer strikes.
I was thinking about the land my family owned when this shotgun was new and how I have hunted the same land. I was thining about how I may have taken a shot standing in the same spot as my Ggrandpa. Lot of time under this gun. The family no longer owns the land, it was sold after my Grandmas death when I was 16. The house is all borded up now. Thers a bit of histroy in that house. It was a two story log cabin with a modern addition. The origional house was built back in the days of indian attacks.
I so wish I could walk those fence rows once more.
That is just spectacular! :eyebrow:
I love reading/hearing stories like that. :biggrin:
Sorry to hear about the homestead. :sad: :sad: :sad:
WOW!!! Thats a neat piece! :yoyo: :yoyo: :yoyo:
a jewel indeed!! at our family cabin there are many of the old-timers rifles and shotguns and pistols.... It's now a tradition for each family member to mark their spot on the wall and designate which firearm they want to have put up on the memorial wall. We always put up a pic of them during a hunt with that firearm and it's truly something folks spend a LOT of time browsing every time we're there.
Thanks for post