Some other topics and posts have promted me to start this topic, this is for us to chime in with wrong lableing on guns, blatent missrepresentation of muskets at shows and auctions etc. this is help members keep their wits about them when looking at shows and auctions and on line.
1. a battered French musket ( circa 1790's )listed as a First Fleet Bess.{ should be Sea Service or Marine PATTERN } 2.in a pile of very obviously recent muskets knocked up with period parts and listed as Indian Mutiny Muskets Ifound a late pattern 1809 bess with Indian arsenal conversion to percusion
3 . a suposed Walker with company marks for only $20k in near mint con dition.
1. a battered French musket ( circa 1790's )listed as a First Fleet Bess.{ should be Sea Service or Marine PATTERN } 2.in a pile of very obviously recent muskets knocked up with period parts and listed as Indian Mutiny Muskets Ifound a late pattern 1809 bess with Indian arsenal conversion to percusion
3 . a suposed Walker with company marks for only $20k in near mint con dition.
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