Def post a photo...I can get it IDed for you.
Def post a photo...I can get it IDed for you.
Here you go...and it's really more like 4 to 4 1/2 feet long. It always seemed bigger as a kid
quick google, you've probably already seen -
Joseph Golcher was a lockmaker who was located in Philadelphia PA circa the mid 19th century. His locks were sold to gunsmiths all over the country, particularly in the East. He made percussion and flint gun locks circa 1825 – 1860. His brother was James Golcher (II) (1810- ). Proprietor, Eagle Gun Works (q.v.). gun and pistol makers, but primarily gun lock makers. [Dirs., 1841, 1846, 1855; O’Brien’s Wholesale Dir., 1849]. The U.S. Census of 1850 showed James Golcher, age 40; Ann, 38, his wife; William, 16; Mary, 12; Ann, 10, all born in England; Thomas, 8; James, 6; Sarah, 2, all born in the United States. This suggests that whatever gunlocks he may have made before 1833 were made in England and production in the U.S. began about that time.
Although it seems that some guns were produced as "replicas" of earlier guns by Great Western Gunworks in Pittsburgh later, 1865 to early 20th century. They were given the same Joseph Golcher stamps.
Are there any other markings on the barrel? Opposite side?
"That young man has an extra step on his ladder the rest of us just don't have."
An acquaintance of mine asked me for some firearm advice earlier tonight and I remembered this thread. Perhaps some folks here also have the topic on their minds.
If you have a problem with firearm ownership, please keep it out of this thread, which is not about public policy. Likewise, to avoid attracting people who have a problem with firearm ownership, please refrain from discussing any issues you have with present policy. This should be a thread for practical sharing of information for gun owners and prospective owners. I was pleased to see the thread had been unlocked and would like to keep it that way.
Reason number 776 to keep your firearms secure: An escaped convict could run into your garage and just grab one. FFS.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna104566
The homeowner called police at 10:10 p.m. ET to say a short Hispanic man wearing no shirt and dark pants had entered the garage while the homeowner was in it and grabbed a .22-caliber rifle leaning in the corner, State Police Lt. Col. George Bivens said at a news briefing Tuesday morning.