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General discussion => Antique Gun Collecting => Topic started by: peter on March 11, 2025, 03:26:22 PM

Title: French Musket
Post by: peter on March 11, 2025, 03:26:22 PM

Hello you all
I'm looking for more info on this antique French Musket
Thanks
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Title: Re: French Musket
Post by: backsplash75 on March 13, 2025, 03:34:42 PM

Assuming that lock is 6.75 inches or so and the bore is .69-72ish, it looks like a post 1763 restocking of mostly 1728/46 musket parts with some 1763ish parts in the mix (sideplate/buttplate_. Stock profile recommends +/-1790s or so. detail shots on the buttplate and triggerguard are lacking, it may have m1754 parts too but hard to tell.

Title: Re: French Musket
Post by: Clark Badgett on March 15, 2025, 09:55:37 PM

Quote from: backsplash75 on March 13, 2025, 03:34:42 PM

Assuming that lock is 6.75 inches or so and the bore is .69-72ish, it looks like a post 1763 restocking of mostly 1728/46 musket parts with some 1763ish parts in the mix (sideplate/buttplate_. Stock profile recommends +/-1790s or so. detail shots on the buttplate and triggerguard are lacking, it may have m1754 parts too but hard to tell.

I concur. I’m thinking it’s a later 1754 lock though. Wish there was a way to tell if the wood was European or American walnut.