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1578
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Revised: 10/19/2007 

(Correction)Probably not Committee of Safety musket. But made in the period of various 18th century parts.

AMERICAN COMMITTEE OF SAFETY FLINTLOCK MUSKET SN NSN. Cal. 75. American assembled flintlock musket with 43-1/8” British style rnd bbl with bayonet lug top of muzzle. It has a flat, beveled-edge lockplate 6-7/8” long x 1-3/8” wide with flat side, beveled-edge gooseneck hammer with bridled frizzen. It has American sopy of 2nd Model Brown Bess brass furniture with three ramrod guides, missing ramrod. It has a plain, straight trigger guard with nails securing it at each end and a hole for a sling wire. It has a flat smooth buttplate with stepped tang. The sideplate 6-3/8” long, flat and slightly curved with a small decoration at rear tip. Mounted in a 1-pc walnut stock with long straight fluted comb. CONDITION: Poor to fair. Iron retains a crusty heavy brown patina with moderate pitting, very heavy around pan. Stock has numerous grain checks & cracks with heavy losses around lockplate & forestock with heavy burnout around pan. Brass has a very dark patina. Mechanics need attention. 4-32713 JR561 (2,250-3,250)


Auction: Firearms - Fall 2007
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