Black powder Wesley and Richards 2og single bore with Damascus barrels

[tacfoley]

I have seen the above for sale by an enthusiast, but have my doubts it's genuine, any info on these and what I should be looking for.

It is boxed, has powder flasks, oil well, loading rod and cleaning rod, is marked Wesley Richards on the side of the action, and inside the lid.

Serial number on stock and barrel are 2682

Info please fellas if you can help on this.

If it's marked WESLEY- Richards then it's a frawk for sure, as the name is WesTley Richards. However, cased guns are rarely fakes. Pictures are needed - lots of them - showing all the proof marks on and under the barrel.

The Belgians made lots of gun in the latter part of the 19thC and well into the early 20thC that had almost but not quite names - Smeth & Wisson, Horrington and Richardsen, Lancaster and so on.

As Westley Richards are still in business, you can call them up and ask, giving a proper description of the gun, which, from your description, is a percussion gun and therefore prolly dates from around the late 1830s - 1850s.

tac

PS - if its a single barrel, why do you say that it has Damascus barrelS?