Got any more pictures. At first I thought it might be a Remington - Keene but the bolt handle is in the wrong place.
does it even require a hammer? it looks like some type of conversion.
I'm guessing that it predates the use of paper patch bullets in the strictest sense. It probably used a paper or linen cartridge and the bullet was possibly encased in the cartridge. Ignition was external via percussion cap. Is it your's? if so have you removed the barreled action from the stock and looked for any marks under the wood? If completely unmarked it may be a prototype. Many such rifles were designed in the 1840's through the 1860's but never put into production.
BIG OR SMALL I LIKE THEM ALL, 577 TO 22 HORNET.
It is a German Podewils-Lindner.
Uses a paper cartridge.
I thought it was a Calisher & Terry Carbine - a capping breachloader that used a paper cartridge, but I can't see the markings well enough to tell.
That is SO cool! I'd replace those mis matched hardware store screws and get a hammer for it and make it fit then off to the range!
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It looks like a 1917 Enfield Rifle. Not sure though. But rightly said, it's still bright and shiny.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...3%A9museum.jpg
Not even close ... 17 Enfield
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Directions on how to not load one safely? Cool rifle though.
He would be in a world of hurt with the cap on the nipple if the hammer would drop closing the breach slapping it like that.
That guy in the video is braver than me ..... wait , is braver the right word ? Ha!ha
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