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    Original Brown Bess. Nice pics.

    Dave they have 3 Bess muskets for sale - all look very, very spurious to me - maybe "mostly original parts" but all are modified and not right in quite a few respects. I used your keen eye and went back and noticed that ramrod pipe inletting and trigger guard inletting. I say for sure a restock...
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    Cold steel pipe hawk

    Did you just steel wool back their finish or remove it completely then did a bluing yourself and cut that back with abrasive? If you did the bluing what did you use to get the color? I love the head finish - looks great!!!
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    Original Brown Bess. Nice pics.

    Gus I give on that one? No idea.
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    Original Brown Bess. Nice pics.

    Gus that one was Bill Ahearn's from Flixton Hall. Its one of the known examples and has been published several times. The referenced Flixton Hall book is a good one by the way - just for an interesting history read if not also for the weapons story and Colonial Williamsburg. Even this one ex...
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    Original Brown Bess. Nice pics.

    @dave_person - I would be interested in your take on these: 1) Original U.S. Revolutionary War British Short Land Pattern Dublin Castle Brown Bess Flintlock Musket marked to 18th Reg't of Foot 2) Original U.S. Revolutionary War Era British Long Land Pattern Brown Bess Flintlock Musket by...
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    Original Brown Bess. Nice pics.

    Dave Person is 100% correct. There is VERY little on this gun to suggest its a "slightly cleaned" pristine example. The barrel etching, the proofs, the carving, the bayonet, it's all wrong! I will say I bought from Paul Ambrose a gun that was a reported original1742 Brown Bess. I went through...
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    Original Brown Bess. Nice pics.

    There actually was a Flixton Hall with just a handful of original Bess muskets and pole arms. It has a long history. Williamsburg ended up with 90% of those guns - they were basically untouched - they are the only original 1730 muskets known with maybe a few exceptions in private hands (less...
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    A Wheellock for me- resources please

    Circa 1680 to 1720 German Powder Flask I recently bought for the rifle.
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    A Wheellock for me- resources please

    Here are some spanner pics - it has a Wheel Lock Spanner, Pull out powder measure, and a powder tester. Its Italian I believe - same period - late 1600's.
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    A Wheellock for me- resources please

    Is that an original piece circa late 1600's or an aged reproduction? Be sure when you get it to check it over really well. There are a lot of fakes, decorator pieces, cheaply made overseas pieces, etc out there and a lot of people won't know the difference (auction houses especially). There are...
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    Need Help - Lock and Trigger set - mismatch, missing part, other?

    You are right!!!! There are Picassos and Rembrandts and lots of old world master paintings proven as fakes. Today fakes in the gun market are getting REALLY hard to spot. Many come from Balkan States and China - these places have thousands of years or wood working and metal working experience...
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    Need Help - Lock and Trigger set - mismatch, missing part, other?

    This is the closest to the Wheel Lock model (type) I could find with double set triggers. If you go to 6:40 and watch for a few minutes he gives a demo on setting triggers and cocking wheel. ****I'm not saying he is doing this is the most safe manner but the procedure is correct I as know...
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    Need Help - Lock and Trigger set - mismatch, missing part, other?

    Thank you - I am well aware unfortunately about the "parts guns" and Victorian reproductions. I bought a nice bone inlaid WheelLock and had to send it back when I took off the lock to find it gutted with a piece of the wheel tack welded in place for looks. The dealer would not remove the lock...
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    Need Help - Lock and Trigger set - mismatch, missing part, other?

    Here are all the latest photos. The Set trigger to me is unfamiliar - seems like something quite different from a newer set trigger. Could be the hair trigger (shorty) Is broken off at the bottom and top?? I'm still asking important questions. I told him "Hold the large trigger engaged - pull...
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    Need Help - Lock and Trigger set - mismatch, missing part, other?

    With the gun together he can take the spanner (yes it has an original in the patch box) and cock the wheel. However - the triggers do nothing. They dont engage the lock at all. It should be that the long rear trigger is cocked, then wheel turned, then small hair trigger fires. I'm trying to get...
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