Btw, could we please see a close-up of your m. 1774 musket, with the cock in the safety-catch position and the frizzen covering the pan?
It seems to me that even the amber-colored flint, together with its lead lining, might originally belong! The flint appears to have been fired a bit blunt, which is often the case with such genuine old-time accouterments.
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Last edited by Matchlock; 30th April 2012 at 04:03 PM.
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