Been reading my copy of "When Skins Were Money", and came across this painting from 1830.
Appears to me to clearly show a half-stock flintlock rifle.
So, unless the artist "made it up", it seems that half-stock flintlock rifles did exist, rare though they may be.
Appears to me to clearly show a half-stock flintlock rifle.
So, unless the artist "made it up", it seems that half-stock flintlock rifles did exist, rare though they may be.