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<blockquote data-quote="TheDoubleD" data-source="post: 3500191" data-attributes="member: 43754"><p>New old gun came into house yesterday.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/www.fototime.com_541862AE4870ABF_standard.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/www.fototime.com_8743862B219AD82_standard.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>This gun is not ordnance marked and is a pure commercial gun on the type one India Pattern Brown Bess. It is 75 caliber. It is similar to EIC muskets of the period</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/www.fototime.com_4BD858E6167AECB_standard.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Marking's seem to indicate that it was made some where between 1780 and 1810. It is marked on the barrel "Payton". It is also marked #5. Not sure the meaning of these markings. Payton could be the retailer, the name of a ship or some militia group. It is in a military configuration and the number on the tang infers part of a stand of arms.</p><p></p><p>The gun originally came out of Texas. Wonder if there are any records on arms acquired by the Republic of Texas. Did they buy guns for England?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheDoubleD, post: 3500191, member: 43754"] New old gun came into house yesterday. [IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/www.fototime.com_541862AE4870ABF_standard.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/www.fototime.com_8743862B219AD82_standard.jpg[/IMG] This gun is not ordnance marked and is a pure commercial gun on the type one India Pattern Brown Bess. It is 75 caliber. It is similar to EIC muskets of the period [IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/www.fototime.com_4BD858E6167AECB_standard.jpg[/IMG] Marking's seem to indicate that it was made some where between 1780 and 1810. It is marked on the barrel "Payton". It is also marked #5. Not sure the meaning of these markings. Payton could be the retailer, the name of a ship or some militia group. It is in a military configuration and the number on the tang infers part of a stand of arms. The gun originally came out of Texas. Wonder if there are any records on arms acquired by the Republic of Texas. Did they buy guns for England? [/QUOTE]
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