I put this in Campfire Chatter as I dont think It applies in any of the availible history cats....but I have an old .40 rifle that I got some years ago from my Grandfathers estate. along with my double barrel shotgun, but at that time both were in sorry shape. The shotgun was rusty with a broke stock in places and the nipples were beaten into the barrel the rifle had pieces missing of the stock and the trigger wasent in operation...most who know me have seen the Shotgun that I had converted into a coachgun it now boasts a brassfront site and a restructured orginal stock and musket size nipples to prevent having to carry three different types of caps( unless you count the fact my pistols take no10 and no11 both being made by different companies) but the rifle went unrestored until I dropped it off a couple of years ago(it takes a while to restore as the wood was damaged and had to be dried out and places had to be rebuilt with some kind of epoxy and I didnt put any kind of rush on it....this summer I got it back and apparently its a real tack driver keeping a three inch pattern bench rest at 25 yards. well now comes the search for knowledge

The lock is engraved with the name R.Allen the barrel is stamped "cast steel" "cornish N.H." and "T.S. Smith" its a .40 has a half barrel stock and a brass door over the patchbox...there is fancy engraving on any surface that is metal....

so the big question is.....any ideas on it possible origin maker and year?

thats all for now

Seamus