Flintlock Musket Advice Required

[rickystl]

Originally Posted by fernando

I don't recall where in my imense (?) library you can read that, Portuguese flintlock trade "Lazarinas" were exported to Africa (Angola) with a reddish paint in their stocks, aledgedly to prevent them from wood worms.

It is known that many of the early British sea service muskets had the stocks and barrels painted black to help protect against the salt sea air.

Here is one of those trade locks I believe was used with those "Lazarinas". It's a crude copy of the Portugese locks.

Rick

[fernando]

Originally Posted by rickystl

... It is known that many of the early British sea service muskets had the stocks and barrels painted black to help protect against the salt sea air.

That being a different issue. Lazarinas were painted with a stuff to resist African weather, not sea air.

Originally Posted by rickystl

... Here is one of those trade locks I believe was used with those "Lazarinas". It's a crude copy of the Portugese locks...

Rather crude indeed. It lacks expression.
But say Rick, this is not a(nother) replica, is it ?

[fernando]

One (three screw) Lazarina lock plate, shown in "As Armas e os Barões" by Eduado Nobre.

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[rickystl]

Originally Posted by fernando

One (three screw) Lazarina lock plate, shown in "As Armas e os Barões" by Eduado Nobre.

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Ohhhh......I wish that gun were in my collection. Notice the lock similarities. LOL

Rick

[David R]

Hiya Rick, and thanks for solving this minor mystery for me.