Charleville musket ID help

[billmatt04]

Hi everyone, I'm brand-new to the forum and this is my first post. I recently acquired an original Charleville musket and bayonet from an estate sale and I'm struggling to properly identify it further, i.e. model, time period, when it may have come into the country, etc. Eventually, I hope to narrow down a time when it likely entered this country. I've attached a number of pics that I hope will help the experts here determine what it is. Any help is appreciated!

 

[hawkeye2]

I would have to ask what the function of the screw in the rear band going up toward the ramrod channel is for.

 

[billmatt04]

Here are some closeups of the exterior and interior of the lower barrel band

 

[hawkeye2]

Thanks! The screw holds a spring to retain the ramrod, that explains why it's there. I don't recall having ever seen a setup like that before on a Charleville but then I don't remember when I last saw an original.

 

[Red Owl]

We mostly shoot reproduction arms. You need an antique arms dealer- most run ads in Men at Arms Magazine (published by the NRA))

 

[nhmoose]

An overall pic to show the whole gun and it's shape would also help date it.

Also a pic of the butt from the side

 

[Flintlock1640]

Barrel is dated 1773 so it is the French model 1772.

 

[Flintlock1640]

Unfortunately, the only marks on this are arsenal proofs so narrowing down when it came to the US is pretty much between 1776 and now.

 

[2 shots]

short trigger guard , rod retainer , round face lock equal 1774 . but there should also be a bayonet retaining spring.

 

[Flintlock1640]

Round-faced locks, short trigger guard, both date back to the model 1770 but that model lock had a facetted pan if I remember correctly. The rod retainer is from the later model but just like the barrel band retaining springs on the model 1766 the French would frequently update their existing models.