Civil war gunbarrell with bayonet still attached!

[john glassman]

I post over in the bottle forum I dug this bottledigging today!

 

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[Lats]

Great find. I'd go back and look for the firing mechanism.

 

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Without a doubt... build a custom Electro unit for this.
Immediately.

 

[NOLA_Ken]

I measured gun barrlell is 28 inches long the bore is 1/2 inch

!/2 inch gives a lot of possibilities counting for corrosion loss.... It still looks like a break action barrel to me, it's a shame you didn't find any more of it. I think I'd have to go dig around the area and see if any more parts turn up. Don't get me wrong, it's a really cool find whatever the barrel turns out to be and if it's a civilian gun that someone stuck a bayonet on, well to me that just makes it more interesting wondering why they did it.

 

[Fullstock]

Very cool!

 

[46Wheat]

OMG that's insane