Hi everyone,
I had the chance to add a few coats of stain and finish to the musket, so I'll consider it "done" for now. There is still some finish work I'd like to do on the brass (especially the buttplate) and some work on the lock, but it should suffice for my brother's reenacting needs for now. I'm not 100% happy with how the stain and finish looks, not to mention it has made my mistakes much more visible! I'll likely take another go at this sometime next year - using a card scraper to give the wood a nicer texture and then taking my time and trying out some different techniques with stain and finish.
I know the bayonet is wrong for this one (1730s-40s)... but I had made it for another project and it fit perfectly on this musket. I kind of like the earlier bayonet look, so I'll keep it on this one.
Overall though, it looks a whole lot better than when it started!
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