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About a month ago I picked up a derelict “Baba” musket from a GB auction. It was fairly dirty, and I hit the jackpot of that brown patina in the barrel. If nothing else I could use the parts from it for my other projects.
After handing it, I seen the true craftsmanship that went into it even with the odd looking butt stock that looks like a fishtail. I wasn’t able to find any markings on who may have crafted this 1834 Springfield musket into what it is now. I cleaned it up, did a little stock repair, cleaned the patina out of the barrel, and it’s ready for the field now. I took a picture of it next to my other martial arms to give some perspective of how much wood was removed from the stock. A neat old musket to be used again if I do say so myself.
 

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I like what you did with it! That hammer looks much better than the one that was on it.

I hope they packed that Springfield better than the SxS shotgun I bought from them. It arrived flopping around inside the box and broken at the wrist. Totally unacceptable packing job with next to ZERO void filling.
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Luckily they refunded me.
 
Very interesting, but technically, that is a ‘crescent’ butt stock, w/ some fishtail design elements incorporated.

This is fishtail butt from that of early muskets, this one a pre-flintlock English lock musket, of lateral sear through the lock plate.

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That’s a whale of a tail! Mine is kind of like a small trout tail…. 😂
 
I like what you did with it! That hammer looks much better than the one that was on it.

I hope they packed that Springfield better than the SxS shotgun I bought from them. It arrived flopping around inside the box and broken at the wrist. Totally unacceptable packing job with next to ZERO void filling.
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Luckily they refunded me.
Were you bidding on that too? Mine was packed good, no problems there. That’s a bummer!
 
I like what you did with it! That hammer looks much better than the one that was on it.

I hope they packed that Springfield better than the SxS shotgun I bought from them. It arrived flopping around inside the box and broken at the wrist. Totally unacceptable packing job with next to ZERO void filling.
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Luckily they refunded me.
That hammer that was originally on there was oversized and had lots of play in it. Had to be changed, no saving it.
 
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