Original South African 12 Bore Silver Mounted Flintlock Big Game Rifle by J.S.F. Botha with Bobbejaanboud Stock - Circa 1840 Caps & Hats replica patches

replica patches

Below this is it stamped with the manufacture date of 1939

Comes stamped with correct WWII date and code for added authenticity

Ohio 44130

Original South African 12 Bore Silver Mounted Flintlock Big Game Rifle by J.S.F. Botha with Bobbejaanboud Stock - Circa 1840 Caps & Hats replica patchesOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is a lovely example of a 19th Century South African Flintlock "Big Game" Rifle, fully silver mounted with a classic South African Bobbejaanboud (Baboon Thigh Butt) shaped stock, very popular at the time. It features a substantial two stage 12 bore barrel, which is octagonal at the breech, and then 16 sided before the round second stage. We can see clear spiral forging lines on the barrel, so it is definitely "twist