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hawkeye1755

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Interessting Revolutionary War Brown Bess musket with bayonet. Cal. 80. 41-3/8” rnd bbl. The lockplate is marked “EDGE / 1762” vertically at the rear. A crown over “GR” is engraved in front of the lightly engraved swan neck cock. Top of bbl is marked “63d”. Upper tang of the brass buttplate is engraved “R. E. / castle / 1690”. “RE” is branded on both sides of the stock near the butt. Counter- plate is engraved with a snake. Trigger guard and tailpipe have similar engraving. This engraving is probably American. This is identified by Blackmore as a “militia and marine” pattern but the marks on the bbl indicate 63d Regt of Inf, which saw service at Bunker Hill, and the “RE” markings indicate Royal Engineers. The 16-1/4” triangular socket bayonet is marked “S·HILL / 4F” on the top of the blade and “F / 67” on the socket. The bayonet lug on top of the bbl has been modified to accept a sight blade. Lockplate is marked “R. E. / * / keyhole” beneath the pan inside.
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Undertaker, you don't happen to have a closeup picture of that modified front sight/bayonet lug do you? That just might be handy to have.

Many Klatch
 
I have read that it was not uncommon for French flints to be used in English military guns, particulary before the English caught on to the French manufacturing methods.
 
Yep, French amber flints were by far the most common type used in the 18th century by both British and French until the late 18th and early 19th century.
 
The shape of the French flints was also unigue untill others started using the same manufacuring method...
 
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