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Old 23rd March 2012, 07:18 PM   #5
fernando
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Originally Posted by Matchlock
... that the stock was made as late as the 1560's because it already shows the characteristic deeply cut thumb rest of the early Spanish-Netherlandish musket stocks. ...
Amazing how this detail was in use, with practically the same shape, until just the other day.

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