>>63737579>What is the strangest, rarest, or most obscure firearm you own?Rarest?
Early flintlock pistols 1600s works of art from Brescia and the Swedish royal armouries.
Strangest
A heavy massive two pounder swivel gun that would have been mounted on a stone wall in a socket
>>63737579>most obscure firearm you own?I have dozens of guns from makers you have never heard of everything pre 1800s was hand made. I could list strange actions and mechanisms (to you) but in reality most (all) of this stuff has been comprenensively recorded and documented already.
concealed guns, cane guns (hidden in walking sticks),box guns(concealed in boxes or books) etc
Turn barrel, screw barrel, tap action, conncealed trigger, early safeties etc
I think its probably my 'Day of the Jackal gun' from the mid 19th century. Poachers guns and underhammer takedown guns are not super rare but whoever ordered this (from a very regarded gunmaker) really wanted something special.
It is an underhammer with a full stock that unscrews and a 24 inch very finely made screw barrel. It has a bead foresight and a beautifully made dismoutable rear peap site that slots into a slot in the hop of the barrel. It fires a 452 round ball and its amazingly accurate, single hole at 25 yards and one inch at 50 yards. When it was made underhammers were quite new so this is someone taking the state of the art in target shooting and actions and custom ordering an incredibly accurate take down rifle. Becaus eof how screw barrels load, it does not need a powerder measure, just a small power flask and the balls, which are swaged tight when the barrel is screwed on. Get this, it is smoothbore. Yes. Smoothbore, I've seen off the shelf modern 22s that don't group as well as it does over ten shots off bags.. Not some cheap poachers gun that's for sure (the maker was pretigeous ).
Its fun to think this was some asassinns gun but maybe it was from someone who was a genuine shootist who wanted it for an expedition