ALGERIAN FLINTLOCK LONG GUN

stenoyab · 13th February 2016, 10:14 PM

Hi Rick,
In the morning I will photograph one I have thats almost its twin, except it has a native made Flintlock lock (complete with a safety catch).

It has almost identical wire barrel bands like yours, so I would not rush to replace them with brass as the wire may well be the correct bands.

Also the butt doesn't have a brass end cap, instead it has a wood cap made in a different type of wood to the rest of the stock. Looking at yours I would suggest yours would also have had this extra wood end cap rather than brass (it appears someone had tried to glue and use dowels to re-affix it and it has then been lost on yours).

Jeff

13th February 2016, 10:14 PM	#9
stenoyab Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43	Hi Rick, In the morning I will photograph one I have thats almost its twin, except it has a native made Flintlock lock (complete with a safety catch). It has almost identical wire barrel bands like yours, so I would not rush to replace them with brass as the wire may well be the correct bands. Also the butt doesn't have a brass end cap, instead it has a wood cap made in a different type of wood to the rest of the stock. Looking at yours I would suggest yours would also have had this extra wood end cap rather than brass (it appears someone had tried to glue and use dowels to re-affix it and it has then been lost on yours). Jeff