100-500 USD or so
100-500 USD or so
$100 to $250, depending on the exact model and its condition.
The receiver is the frame of a firearm- in modern firearms, it is the part that the barrel connects to. Antique firearms, such as muzzle loading rifles, did not have a receiver- only the lock, stock, and barrel. (Yes, that is where the expression came from) On a modern firearm, if it has a serial number, it is stamped on the receiver. By US law, a receiver IS a firearm- everything else is parts.
Guns themselves don't contain any gunpowder, although, in muzzle loading firearms, the powder is loaded into the barrel, at which point, it could be said the gun does contain gunpowder. In firearms which use cartridges, it is the cartridge which contains the gunpowder.
Before modern firearms that use cartridge ammunition were made, there were muzzle loading firearms. To fire these, you pour loose gunpowder down the barrel, ram a lead ball down the barrel, and then place a percussion cap (small metal shell containing a pinch of explosives) on the gun's nipple. This is a hollow metal stud at the rear of the barrel. The hammer strikes the cap, crushing it against the nipple. It explodes, and sends a jet of fire through the hollow nipple, igniting the gunpowder in the barrel.
To ease loading.
I have found out that P. Streignard was a Firearms maker in Liege Belgium during the years 1820 through 1840. He specialized in finely engraved and incise carved Percussion pistols.
The term "rifle" means that the inside of the barrel (also called the bore) has spiral lines engraved in it. These spiral grooves are known as rifling- they cause the bullet to spin when fired, causing it to travel straight. If a firearm has no rifling, then it is a smoothbore- and may be called a musket or a shotgun. So- some muzzle loading firearms- such as the Brown Bess Musket from the 1700s- ARE smoothbore- but they are not rifles. A muzzle loader like the .50 Hawken I hunt with IS rifled, and not a smoothbore. There is a neat little article on this at the link below:
Made @ turn of the century + or -. 50-100 value
Firearms type - barrel maker Alcohol type - cooper
Firearms type - barrel maker Alcohol type - cooper
Firearms type - barrel maker Alcohol type - cooper