Having had the privlige of examining a sister of the Kip gun in Shumway's book, I decided to build another sister. I had the chance to see two guns obviously by the same hand. One had a Dutch lock and hardware. The other had a French lock and guard. Both guns were obviously built from second use parts.
My question is how many French fusees had brass furniture vs, iron. The gun I examined had a French iron guard and a locally forged iron butplate. My tastes run twards brass. I would like to build a historically plausible sister to these guns, But I would prefer to use brass for the mounts and a French lock. So My question is Iron vs. Brass for the furniture...
