Identify this antique gun

[gajamacho]

TT,

People are dying of hunger in the 21st century and not the 19th century.

Indian population has exploded like mice, where will the food come from?

regards.

[abhrankash]

The through away price of this gun will be 50k. Who will buy? The guards.
Now to get a job of security guard in private banks or other private companies it is necessary to possess arms. Guards buy their own fire arms to get the job; they do not buy just arms, they buy jobs. I got reference of a person who bought a double barrel shotgun for around 1.2 lakh, to work as a guard.

Actually my friend is not aware of such things. His father was going to surrender the gun to government because of hassles (maintaining license, cost of ownership, submitting before elections etc) of keeping it. That time I suggested him instead of surrendering why not sell it. I now realize that keeping it as an antique will be far better. In 19th century people were dieing of hunger. In that time somebody possessing a gun would be a rich man of high social status. It is better to preserve the gun as a symbol of ancestral glory.

Dear sir,
This is what I have told you earlier.

[hamiclar01]

The through away price of this gun will be 50k. Who will buy? The guards.

Actually my friend is not aware of such things. His father was going to surrender the gun to government because of hassles (maintaining license, cost of ownership, submitting before elections etc) of keeping it. That time I suggested him instead of surrendering why not sell it. I now realize that keeping it as an antique will be far better. In 19th century people were dieing of hunger. In that time somebody possessing a gun would be a rich man of high social status. It is better to preserve the gun as a symbol of ancestral glory.

My two cents:

The price of this gun will be much less than 50k, at least up North. DBBL English hammers were retailing for 30,000 (negotiable) in Delhi when I last browsed. Single barrel hammers retail much less. Most foreign hammers are really old guns anyway.

There is no point in keeping a gun you will never shoot. Plus, I personally don't think a hammer SBBL as a wall hanger is much of a status symbol or has a wow factor, but this is strictly my opinion. I appreciate others might disagree

You can convince your friend's father that the hassle of maintaining a firearm is much, much less than procuring one, specially if he already has a license. He can use this to block a place on his license and swap it for a better gun if he wants to, rather than do away with the privilage altogether. But I guess it is ultimately their own decision.

By the way, out of curiosity, did you get around to photographing the breech end of the barrel for markings?

Gajamacho, please take you coat and play outside. There is nothing for you here.

[T T]

You can convince your friend's father that the hassle of maintaining a firearm is much, much less than procuring one, specially if he already has a license. He can use this to block a place on his license and swap it for a better gun if he wants to, rather than do away with the privilage altogether.

He may use his license to buy a new gun/revolver as replacement for old unusable one. If he surrenders or sells it, he will be gun less and getting a license in future is bleak.