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Long Land Brown Bess flintlock musket
Rogers Rangers Brown Bess flintlock musket
India Pattern Brown Bess flintlock musket
Brown Bess Ships Carbine flintlock musket
Ketland fusil flintlock musket
1717 French flintlock musket
French 1777 Charleville flintlock musket
1777 French dragoon carbine flintlock musket
fusil de chasse flintlock musket
1740 Potzdam flintlock musket
1809 Potzdam flintlock musket
1757 Spanish flintlock musket
Cookson fowler flintlock musket
early commercial trade doglock flintlock musket
Baker flintlock rifle musket
1816 Springfield flintlock musket
double barrel flintlock shotgun
English lock fishtail flintlock musket
matchlock musket
Dutch blunderbuss flintlock musket
doglock flintlock blunderbuss
1853 Enfield rifle musket caplock
British Heavy dragoon flintlock pistol
Eliott Light dragoon flintlock pistol
British 1756 Sea Service flintlock pistol
Ketland trade flintlock pistol
blunderbuss flintlock pistol with bayonet
double barrel flintlock pistol
1733 French flintlock pistol
1773 French sea service flintlock pistol
German dragoon flintlock pistol
Scottish Murdoch flintlock pistol
Scottish Royal Highland Regiment flintlock pistol
English lock doglock flintlock pistol
British East India Co caplock pistol
double barrel caplock howdah pistol
French 1822 flintlock pistol caplock conversion
Prussian 1850 Suhl flintlock pistol caplock conversion
wheel lock pistol
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An article about the safety of Indian made muskets.


This is an article in response to repeated questions from Civil War reenactors about the safety and authenticity of Indian made muskets.


Excerpts from the diary of Matthew Patten


Matthew Patten was a gun builder in 18th century New Hampshire. His diary offers us a unique insight into small arms and ammunition in colonial New England.


A web article documenting the conversion of a flintlock into a 19th century style caplock
We were asked by a friend to convert a couple of flintlocks into caplocks for Civil War era reeancting. This two page article documents the study of the historical technique and the steps we took to replicate the historic style of conversion.

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