V short musket, any ideas what it is?

[Kmaddock]

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If you can't discern the maker's mark inside tle plate and you are a collector maniac, you must burn your eyelashes spending some time figuring out what it says .[/QUOTE]

I want it to say something and I think I have a name but I don't want to contaminate someone else with what it is in my mind, Have you any name you could make a guess at??

My wife agrees with the name I have come up with but iI think that was more for me to go away and stop annoying her rather than exact agreement!! you know what I mean.

As for size I agree it seems out of proportion but it is a very comfortable size. Maybe a cut down from a long time ago but it was a very long time going by the platina. Also the front of the stock profile matches that this was the original length.

Thanks for your comments
Ken

[fernando]

I know precisely what you mean, ken .
But if you are guessing a lock makers name, just spit it out !
Concerning the length, remember that radical (like military) conversions to percussion were done by cutting the breech and not the barrel end. Stock forends can easily be adjusted without leaving traces.

[Kmaddock]

Hi Fernando
Ok here goes
Mc Dermot
Dublin gun maker 1800's
what do you think thumbs up or down ?
Regards
ken

[fernando]

Your'e the Irish ... not me but, isn't Mc Dermott of Dublin spelt with a duble t, while Mc Dermot from London only has a single t, like in the attached example, in comparison with yours ?

http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collec...-object-775573

But i am far from knowing a single bit about this subject; this is just to tease you ... and entice you to ask your wife's opinion .


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[corrado26]

In "Der Neue Stöckel" you find two McDermotts with double T: Henry in Dublin ca. 1800 and Farrell in Dublin too, 1796-1827. He has one or two Ts in his Name.
corrado26

[Kmaddock]

Hi
Hi Frenando, in the link you posted (thank you) Mc Dermot is spelled with one and two t's in the article itself, ??
The one or two T's seems to be flexible
They seem to be sold (or marketed) now as an Irish maker with either one or two T but this is probably just because the Irish guns sell for more.
Do you agree though on it being Mc Dermot? ie the expert opinion of my wife!
With the Irish registration on the barrel I am happy to add to my collection anyway and when i purchased it there was nothing at all to be seen on the lockplate so any maker is good for me.
I well hopefully doing the brazing job tonight to start the job on the replacing the hammer.
I will take some photos to show how the work progresses and how i approach the missing hammer problem that i so often encounter.
Regards
Ken

[fernando]

Originally Posted by Kmaddock

... Hi Frenando, in the link you posted (thank you) Mc Dermot is spelled with one and two t's in the article itself, ??...

If you click on the link i posted, you will see they spell it with a single t.