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Restoring an old musket

  • 18-06-2005 10:32am
    #1
    angry_fox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 744 ✭✭✭


    Recently found an old hand musket and does any one know where i could get it restored?


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  • #2
    Degsy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,397 ✭✭✭✭Degsy


    angry_fox wrote:
    Recently found an old hand musket and does any one know where i could get it restored?

    Hi,
    First of all if its hand-held it a pistol,not a musket.More than likely its a flintlock pistol which means it ignited a gunpowder charge by means of a flint in the hammer.What condition is it in?Is it heavily coroded?Are all the parts present?


  • #3
    ancienthistory
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭ancienthistory


    Or could be percussian, wheel or match/fuse :D If your in the pale could help you out?


  • #4
    angry_fox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 744 ✭✭✭angry_fox


    Degsy wrote:
    Hi,
    First of all if its hand-held it a pistol,not a musket.More than likely its a flintlock pistol which means it ignited a gunpowder charge by means of a flint in the hammer.What condition is it in?Is it heavily coroded?Are all the parts present?

    Its hand held. All parts appear to be present, and when i was cleaning it a found a symbol on it. It appears to be a crown. Looks like this one

    Its gun barrel is been held on by sum duck tape


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