Musketeers/ Rifleholders

fernando · 26th October 2007, 09:16 PM

Hi Rand.
Let me talk some nonsense.
Maybe trying a different aproach, by re focusing the eyes on the piece.
Why not the barrel having being made at an early stage, for flint or miquelete action, and later mounted on a new stock, with a percussion made lock coming with it. This would explain the decoration on the barrel being different than on the lock and tab, as also giving a more plausible date for both lock and barrel.
Fernando

26th October 2007, 09:16 PM	#18
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Hi Rand. Let me talk some nonsense. Maybe trying a different aproach, by re focusing the eyes on the piece. Why not the barrel having being made at an early stage, for flint or miquelete action, and later mounted on a new stock, with a percussion made lock coming with it. This would explain the decoration on the barrel being different than on the lock and tab, as also giving a more plausible date for both lock and barrel. Fernando