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This pic is of a matchlock circa 1580. Were screws like the ones shown really used then? I know regular Phillips screws as we know them were not invented until the 1930s. These look good, but are they correct?
I'm just guessing here, as I'm not familiar with that rifle, but I would bet those phillips heads were not standard. Like you said, they weren't developed till much later, and smith's would most likely be using what they had available at that time.
What’s the saying from historical model making hobbies? “There is a prototype for everything”? This era has so much experimentation, that something funky always shows up. I would not be surprised at all if there are other original matchlocks with cross cut screws.