Wow nice old gun thank you for sharing it with us sir

Super cool! Love the decorative etching.

You get replacement hammers and screws from Dixie gun works. Bought a 1873 charles Daly Damascus SXS 10 gauge from a rummage sale in the 90’s for $45. Missing a hammer. Finally restored it a couple years ago and shot a turkey with it. They also sell screws. I’m sure you could cobble a stock for it easy enough. Just give it a vinegar bath to clean off the rust and Oxpho blue it. Looks like a fun project!

It’ll be a lot newer than 1835 my guess is it’s probably gonna be in the 1880s or newer

Its a cartridge gun its newer than 1835. Its Damascus steel, so id be afraid of shooting it.

That’s a pretty awesome gun there Dale. Think about using a tripod that helps out a lot especially when you’re sitting there doing stuff like you’re doing right there.

You can also unscrew that hammer and put it on the other side backwards just to see if the mechanism works

It's worth fixing up. It's more than likely 1860s or newer. You can shoot 2 1/2 in shells in them

Joseph Manton ! A man told me 50 years ago they were sought after and pricey

There’s nothing to take in those things apart and clean them. If I could do it, anybody can. I even put a vice grips on the little square to make sure it moved back in the day when I didn’t care about marrying up my guns in the 90s when I was young and . My guess is you’re probably gonna have to make a stock for it.

Wow!! To quote Sir Winston Churchill, "“It's a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma…”. First off, I highly doubt it's an authentic gun from Joseph Manton. He was, above all, THE master gunmaker of his time. No one else made guns to his level of quality, beauty, fit and finish. His guns were especially noted for the level of superlative engraving. His guns were not only excellent firearms, they were the utmost expression of the gunmaker's art and his prices reflected that. By Manton's standards, the engraving on this gun is amateurish at best. Even the name "J. Manton" is crudely inscribed. Joseph Manton most often inscribed his guns with, "Joseph Manton" and "London". After his bankruptcy (1826) and imprisonment (1828), his workshop was seized and Joseph Lang, a gun dealer of the time bought Manton's remaining stock of guns. His son, John Augustus Manton, preserved the name and carried on the gunmaking and legacy, going by the name “Joseph Manton & Son.” The guns from this shop continued the tradition of only making the best of the best. Shotgun gauges back then were not as standardised as today. (In Great Britain, it's not "gauge", but rather "bore".) This gun isn't a 12 bore. It's an 11 bore. That is stamped on the barrel flats along with the proof marks. A careful examination of those proof marks and a guide to British proof marks should give you the date of the proofing. I don't know if Manton's early gun records still exist but if they do, you could ask the record keeper to look up, "Double Hammer gun, serial number 2846". Nothing ventured, nothing gained!!

You can reference the proof marks on the underside of the barrels, they will tell you within a few years of when they were made. If it was a real Manton it would be quite valuable, however Manton was long out of business when your gun was made late 1800's early 1900's

Make new wood for it both fore and stock.And add the other hammer.

I have one just like it. It has everything on it, though, from Belgium. Royal gun Works, I think. Mines from I believe 1908 somewhere around there

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