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Friend of mine in peel Isle of Man has this manton flintlock percussion
Converted shotgun around 1820 Has ramrod good action etc
Can get to uk £150 obsolete ignition no license 19mill 74 Bore
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Tac works fine for me but doesn’t look right for Manton.
A man can always use more alcohol, tobacco and firearms.
I've just looked at this fowling piece on a pal's laptop - it is definitely not a Manton-made piece of any kind. The workmanship bears no resemblance to that of any of the Manton's, particularly in the use of a fake 'fraktur-style' lockplate name. I'm betting that it is a Belgian-made 'homage' piece of low-cost, made after the style of an English fowling piece of the 1840's, and sold by the thousand all over Europe. Naming your product after a famous maker, but making a slight change in the spelling, was accepted business practice back then. Examination of the proof marks will show that. Look for the letters ELG in an oval, with or without a crown, and a small stamp that looks like Nelson's Column - the Perron, a famous Liége landmark. Manton's names were found on the barrels as well as the lockplate, as were under-barrel London Proof Marks after around 1834, when they became a legal requirement for sale.
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