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Pat B:
A friend was asked to try to identify this gun. It is a small(childs?) cap lock muzzle loader with Damascus barrel(I think). Looks like maybe .40 cal, has a bead front sight and no rear sight. The stock has a face carved on the pistol grip. On the barrel is stamped, Troxado De Aco or Troxado Draco on the top and Belgium forward of that. Here are the pics I have. Can get more if necessary. Any help will be appreciated.

half eye:
Pat, cant be 100% for sure but ya could have a Spanish (Eibar). I found some examples that are ornately carved like yours. I'm attaching a direct link to a PDF that is a complete listing w/ pictures of the Eibar region museum....if inappropriate ya know what to do. here are a couple of pics from the museum publication....I cant read Spanish so dont know how much it will help.

https://www.scribd.com/document/367919731/0007-pdf

and some pics from the doc. I have to see if I can get the pics to load but thety are on pages 65-67 of the doc in case I cant figure it out
rich

half eye:
try the pics again

Pat B:
Thanks, Rich. This gun is a child's gun and not as finely crafted as the pics you posted. I'll pass the link on to my friend so he can investigate it.
 This gun also has a ramrod, about 1/4" in diameter with a patch "grip" on one end and the ram for a conical projectile on the other.
 I'll try to get a few more pics.
Thanks for the info.

Eric Krewson:
Post the pictures on the American Longrifles site in the antiques section, the guys will tell you all about the gun.

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