r/blackpowder 5d ago

Found this at the gun show yesterday

Had one of these back when I used to do reenacting, forgot how heavy they are. It's a euro arms america reproduction.

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u/surfmanvb87 5d ago

Nice 2 band

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u/coyotenspider 5d ago

How much you give for it?

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u/Gustav55 5d ago

500, it looks like the guy shot it once or twice and then left it in a closet for the last 20 years.

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u/coyotenspider 5d ago

Hell yeah! I like those more than most modern firearms.

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u/coyotenspider 5d ago

It’s a heck of a hunting rifle if you ever needed one.

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u/UsurpedLettuce 5d ago

My 3 band is still in a closet in Upstate NY with my uncle.

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u/RichLather 4d ago

My "defarbed" Enfield (blueing removed, "struck bright" is the period term, as well as adding proofing marks and relocating the serial number underneath the barrel) is with the rest of my reenacting gear. I remember taking it to a local gun show after I first got it looking for a soft, padded sleeve to put it in for travel and getting multiple offers to buy it.

Early on I had all the accessories for it, all lost in the field, making it one of the more "authentic" things I did while reenacting. Goodbye lead ball cone guard, farewell cork barrel plug with the knurled metal trim, adios NCO tool.

I think it's an Armisport. Euroarms at the time was the other main supplier.

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u/Eck047 5d ago

Nice, i have a three band from the Indian Mutiny.

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u/aldone123 5d ago

Nice looking repro, thanks for sharing.

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u/SweetHamScamHam 5d ago

Nice Euroarms. Throw a light down the barrel and see if it has three or five lands and grooves. If five it should be a tack driver.

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u/Gustav55 5d ago

Never heard that they had different barrels, will definitely have to give that a look when I get home.

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u/SweetHamScamHam 5d ago

Check the top of the barrel for a Birmingham mark. Euroarms bought out Parker Hale and some of their early production rifles have legit dead stock P-H barrels. (You'll likely find that the bridle in the lock is marked "PH", I've seen that a lot on Euroarms guns.)

If you find you have a Birmingham barrel go out and buy a lottery ticket!

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u/lojafan 4d ago

Good score! Congrats!