Please identify Military Muzzleloader

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stevep

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Can anyone identify the top rifle in this photo. I have one of these and am trying to identify what it would be called.
It is 32 in barrel large rifled bore about .75.

Thanks

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Steppenwolf said:
It looks like an 1849 Austrian Kammerbuchse. 33.25" barrel in .69 cal. Over 20,000 were used in the ACW.
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I will go along with Austrian or German military but not with the kammerbuchse. The kammer portion refers to a sort of chamber where the snail and nipple of a normal percussion gun would be. There is a spring much like a frizzen spring to keep the top of the chamber closed and the hammer appears to strike down on the top of the chamber which ignited either a tube type primer or perhaps percussion powder/ pellets. I didn't read far enough to go into the details of ignition only looked at the photos on the net. I can't see any sign of a outside spring or chamber top in the original photo

cheers mooncoon
 
MC I think you are talking about the 1844 Austrian Kammerbuchse.

Edit to add: The 1844 used the Augustin tube lock ignition system you mentioned.

ACW = American Civil War

Cheers

mooncoon said:
I will go along with Austrian or German military but not with the kammerbuchse. The kammer portion refers to a sort of chamber where the snail and nipple of a normal percussion gun would be. There is a spring much like a frizzen spring to keep the top of the chamber closed and the hammer appears to strike down on the top of the chamber which ignited either a tube type primer or perhaps percussion powder/ pellets. I didn't read far enough to go into the details of ignition only looked at the photos on the net. I can't see any sign of a outside spring or chamber top in the original photo

cheers mooncoon
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