Antique Musket Experts Needed
I have a musket that has been in our family since my dad bought it at an estate auction in 1930 and during that time it has never been properly identified. It is a percussion system that was converted from flintlock. The lock is a front V spring, with a brideled (I think that's what the half-moon piece is called) trigger/sear. The barrel is about 40" long, about .70 caliber. The hardware is brass, including the 3 barrel bands, the front one of which is also the ramrod housing and front sight. In appearance it is similar to the Charleville from France. For markings is has several Written style capital letter W with a crown above the W. Most of the parts have a 4 with something like a 0 with a flag out the top, something like the bursting bomb of a USMC Master Gunnery Sergeant. The stock has a number on it, C565, and is consistant with the thought that the previous owner used it in military srevice during the Civil War. One of these days I'm going to get equipped to load photos, which would answer a lot of questions- but if this sounds like anything you are familiar with, I'd appreciate hearing from you.
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Sounds like a piece I bought in Mobile Alabama in 1940 for $1.50 & sold a few years ago. It was a type of conversion-from-flint Napoleonic period musket that the Confederates imported in the Civil War. If that is what you have and you can establish the Confederate connection (which I couldn't) you might have a piece with major collector interest. 0 -
You,ve gotta Post Photos....The discription You gave fits a Dozen European Muskets...In My Books of Proof Marks I find several Crown over 'W's....But theres just not enough information to be able to tender a guess.....I/We await your pleasure.......
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Thanks!!, I'm chasing down a digital camera; will get back to you. 0
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