So I went to the in-laws this past weekend and they had told me that they wanted me to take a look at some guns that they had been given and tell them anything
I could about them. Well, I know enough about guys to get me into trouble, but I agreed.
So, I go into the garage and my father in-law shows me 4 guns that he had gotten some years ago. One was a Stevens Model 15 missing the bolt. A second was a Remington Model 721. The third was a bolt action shotgun (GEHA). And the fourth was this: (I appologize in advance for the size of the picture. I wanted to show as much detail as possible.)
I am going to have to get some better close-ups as well as smaller pics for you all to see this. The hammers are covering two tiny holes at the top of the barrells with much black around them which leads me to believe that this could be a muzzle loader of some sort. In between the two barrells is stamped "MOOR ET CO". I did a search and couldn't find anything concerning this. However, when I did a search on "Moore shotgun" I had many returns regarding a William Moore side lever muzzle loading shotgun. It looks similar to this one in the pics, yet mine has no ram rod, nor a place to put it.
I plan on taking it to a gun show in the near future as well as potentially taking it to one of the travelling antique shows coming to Denver this summer. I know that there's not much of a use for these if it is indeed a muzzle loader, but just knowing what it is would be great. I enjoy a good information hunt, but if it gets too lengthy, I tend to get impatient.
Thanks in advance for any info!
So, I go into the garage and my father in-law shows me 4 guns that he had gotten some years ago. One was a Stevens Model 15 missing the bolt. A second was a Remington Model 721. The third was a bolt action shotgun (GEHA). And the fourth was this: (I appologize in advance for the size of the picture. I wanted to show as much detail as possible.)
I am going to have to get some better close-ups as well as smaller pics for you all to see this. The hammers are covering two tiny holes at the top of the barrells with much black around them which leads me to believe that this could be a muzzle loader of some sort. In between the two barrells is stamped "MOOR ET CO". I did a search and couldn't find anything concerning this. However, when I did a search on "Moore shotgun" I had many returns regarding a William Moore side lever muzzle loading shotgun. It looks similar to this one in the pics, yet mine has no ram rod, nor a place to put it.
I plan on taking it to a gun show in the near future as well as potentially taking it to one of the travelling antique shows coming to Denver this summer. I know that there's not much of a use for these if it is indeed a muzzle loader, but just knowing what it is would be great. I enjoy a good information hunt, but if it gets too lengthy, I tend to get impatient.
Thanks in advance for any info!
It's operated by the under lever on the bottom of the fore-end. It's very Continental looking, so I would rule out any British makers. The
trigger bow looks Germanic to me as does the fore-end. But there is a Belgian feel to the gun. It would help tremulously to have a good clear photo of any and
all marks on the water-table of the action.