I know that the most common arms in the colonial era were muskets, and toward the revolution, it was the trade musket for all but the military and militias, who had mostly brown bess replicas and french arms.
I've read the during the fur trapper period that up to 90% of the arms carried in the west were trade muskets. But I'm wondering how common composite arms were in terms of all guns in the colonies. Meaning a barrel from broken gun A, a lock from broken gun B, and apply it all to a jimmy rigged stock. Not quite the 'bubba guns' of their day. More like the used rack of your local gun store.
I don't know if committee of safety muskets would qualify as composite arms.
I've read the during the fur trapper period that up to 90% of the arms carried in the west were trade muskets. But I'm wondering how common composite arms were in terms of all guns in the colonies. Meaning a barrel from broken gun A, a lock from broken gun B, and apply it all to a jimmy rigged stock. Not quite the 'bubba guns' of their day. More like the used rack of your local gun store.
I don't know if committee of safety muskets would qualify as composite arms.