Belgian percussion musket ID
I got this in a trade. I have no idea what vintage or model it is- I assume 1850s or so?
It is complete with the bayonet, appears about .70 caliber. Made by August Francotte (so marked on the butt) in Liege. No other #s or markings except a few small proof marks on the barrel. Pretty decent condition- metal has some patina and the wood a few small dings. Anybody have any ideas as to what model it might be and any other history?
JAK
It is complete with the bayonet, appears about .70 caliber. Made by August Francotte (so marked on the butt) in Liege. No other #s or markings except a few small proof marks on the barrel. Pretty decent condition- metal has some patina and the wood a few small dings. Anybody have any ideas as to what model it might be and any other history?
JAK
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Hello Jakelin.
Need to know a lot more information before we can even give you a guesstamate. Name on the buttplate does not mean that Francotte was the maker. Need a complete discription including barrel length, percussion or flint or a conversion piece, trigger guard finales pointed or rounded, the same with the buttplate tang. Discription of the proof marks is absolutely mandatory, also any and all marks on the lockplate. If you can post them, pictures say more then anything else. Remember that those of us on the forum can only see this musket through your eyes. I am sure that if we get enough information someone here can help you.0 -
Your Musket could be of most any style, as I have a reference noteing that Auguste Francotte was working in Liege Belgium as a gunmaker as early as the 1830's. This would still be in the tail end of the flintlock era.
He and his successors continuted manufacturing various military and commerical firearms for the rest of the 19th Centuty.
As the previous poster noted, high quality photos, or a very detailed description of the musket, are required for further identification.
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quote:Originally posted by rufe-snow
Your Musket could be of most any style, as I have a reference noteing that Auguste Francotte was working in Liege Belgium as a gunmaker as early as the 1830's. This would still be in the tail end of the flintlock era.
He and his successors continuted manufacturing various military and commerical firearms for the rest of the 19th Centuty.
As the previous poster noted, high quality photos, or a very detailed description of the musket, are required for further identification.
I don't have immediate access to it at the moment to measure it, but it is a two band musket (not including the nose cap) which bears some resemblence to French arms or the period like the 1842 musket especially in the trigger guard, but the hammer is completely different. Appears to have been made as percussion and not converted. I have a Mac computer ad am about as computer literate as a doorstop so I am not real sure how to post photos. I do have some that I will see if I can send as e-mails, and maybe someone more knowledgeable can post them.
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