This rather coarse early long gun is shown and discussed on pages 59-60 of "American Military Shoulder Arms, Volume 1: Colonial and Revolutionary War Arms" by George Moller and described as "attributed to militia use in the British North American colonies. The lock and some of the other metal components appear to have been salvaged from earlier muskets and assembled into a plain maple stock." He notes the barrel appears to have been originally from a matchlock musket, and that the "crown/T" mark on the barrel may be the London Blacksmiths Company mark. He notes the lock as similar to those used on British muskets c. 1690-1720. It has a bead style front sight at the flared muzzle. The furniture is minimal and includes simple brass ramrod ferrules and an iron trigger guard, and the butt is bare. Provenance: The George Moller Collection