Quote Originally Posted by tacfoley View Post
Many thanks for the images, and yes, they ARE pretty awful. The piece is a Pattern 53 musket or rifled musket, with a 1856-dated lock. For some reason it was sold out of service, and reproofed after boring out to a smoothbore shotgun. The lack of backsight is because shotguns do not need a backsight. Enfield-style nipples can be bought from Peter Dyson, as noted before, but you can only get the Musket or Top Hat caps as they are called, by showing your SGC to the dealer. I'm not familiar with shotguns, and I'm not sure if you have to note it on the SGC - more experienced advice is on the way, I'm sure.

A word of caution - do NOT try and shoot it without getting it looked at first by a competent gunsmith, and gentle loads of BLACK POWDER only are needed.
Just found a similar one on gunstar, that one is a 1857 Tower so only a year difference. That too is a 0.60 caliber.

I know you said you think it was re bored but I would of thought there would be traces of the old inspection mark for the gauge if it was re proofed. So could it be that some were indeed made to 0.60 caliber from the factory? Maybe a certain unit requested this specific caliber? Either way I dont plan on shooting it anytime soon and it very much a S58 wall piece. Might be different in the future but yes, I rather like not being blown up so i would get it checked out before hand