Quote Originally Posted by tacfoley View Post
Armisport produce[d] both the Springfield and the Zouave three-banders as smoothbores, the former as a carbine. Our LGS had one of each and still has the Springfeld.
I did find some repros that were listed as smoothbore, but as the seller in this ad is selling his "Rifle" as a Section 58 obsolete calibre gun I assume that the originals were all rifled?

So could this rifle/musket be a repro? And the seller has not realised or is mistaken? I have never seen one of the Armisport reproductions but the one for sale has no markings on the lock (from what I can see) apart from an eagle. Are the reproductions like this as well?

I was thinking of buying it but now I will give it a miss, I did not mind the aftermarket carving of the wood work but that rear sight just puts me off. (Also if it turns out to be a repro, then I cannot legally buy it anyway since I do not have the appropriate licence)


I also found a reproduction for sale here: http://www.deactivated-guns.co.uk/li...l?review=write

This one has a similar style of lock markings (No writing, just a large Eagle)