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    Any known Canadian flintlocks?

    That's...definitely an opinion 😆
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    Any known Canadian flintlocks?

    I finally got the Man-at-arms 2015 article in the mail about the Canadian-made flintlock pistol. It does indeed seem to be made in Montreal in the mid 1700s,as the makers mark on it and the gunsmith are from Canada. I found another online that is somewhat similar in design and is also marked...
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    Any known Canadian flintlocks?

    Yep he was a freed slave who moved to Canada in the 1800s, and started making guns around during the time when you see a lot of gunsmiths appear here. I've seen a couple examples of his work, including a presentation Derringer similar to the ones he made for the Prince of Wales. He was also on a...
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    Any known Canadian flintlocks?

    Hmmm... I'm not sure! It's possible. I've seen early rifles that are percussion which have British proofs on some small parts, but it could also be because they were made in the UK and imported to be fit to domestically made rifles. A lot of rifles by William Marston, Philo Soper, and Gurd &...
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    Any known Canadian flintlocks?

    Unfortunately, the state of firearms in Museums here isn't as good as I'd prefer. Most museums with any sort of firearms collection start at WW1 and go up from there. They will have the odd NWMP Adams revolvers and Winchesters, Colts, etc, but not too many muzzleloaders (if we don't count single...
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    Any known Canadian flintlocks?

    I guess I'm a bit confused as to what your definition of rifle culture is. Do you mean why would they have to have made one if there wasn't an independent growth of firearms design and development like in the US from when the colonies were formed? It was of course common in the states, which is...
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    Any known Canadian flintlocks?

    Oh I didn't necessarily mean that it was a version made for the civilian market, just to clarify. There's much more other examples of British rifles that would have been used.
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    Any known Canadian flintlocks?

    Interestingly, I am browsing the newspapers.com website for Canadian papers, and I found both an obituary for a Canadian smith named John Marsteller from Montreal who died in 1808, and another article the following week that states "WILLIAM OHALE takes his method of informing his friends and the...
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    Any known Canadian flintlocks?

    That's very interesting! I've picked up a copy from eBay to learn more about it. I do believe that the majority of rifles used in Canada would likely have been imports or surplus rather than custom rifles due to the relatively open market with Europe, but you would assume there would be...
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    Greetings from Ontario Canada

    Posted! https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/any-known-canadian-flintlocks.161184/
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    Any known Canadian flintlocks?

    Hey everyone! I've recently been researching Canadian-made muzzleloading rifles for both a historical project but also for possible reproduction purposes, and through all my research, it has been surprising to discover that, at least according to most collectors, no known flintlocks have been...
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    Greetings from Ontario Canada

    I'll no-doubt make a thread on it and ask questions about it to you guys!
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    Greetings from Ontario Canada

    Hey everybody! I've been trying to research models of Canadian-Made muzzleloading rifles so I figured I'd drop in and make an account!
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