A Model 1853 Enfield pattern musket sold by New York dealer J. P. Moore and later converted to a shotgun. The barrel is a 39-inch smoothbore in .65 caliber, and the stock has been shortened. Those are the only facts the supplier gives, so ask for photos of the bore and wood before you commit.

This is an antique for the collector of American-sold Enfields and period conversions. The 1853 Enfield pattern accounts for the long 39-inch barrel; the shortened stock and smooth bore are what the conversion left behind. Although New Jersey hunts deer with muzzleloaders and shotguns, this one is offered as a collector's piece and not as a hunting arm, and anyone thinking of loading it should have a gunsmith inspect it first. Our page files it under rifles, which follows the supplier's category; in hand it is a smoothbore.

Key features

• .65 caliber smoothbore, 39-inch barrel
• Enfield Model 1853 pattern
• Sold by New York dealer J. P. Moore
• Stock shortened, converted to shotgun

The gun ships to a New Jersey FFL dealer, who checks your FPIC before releasing it.