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    If only it coild talk...

    Could you post more photos, particularly of the entire gun as well as any markings? Also, would be interested as to Apache provenance.
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    Third pattern brown bess?

    It's not a Pattern 1839. It appears to be an India Pattern Bess converted to percussion but difficult to say for sure from your photos. Please post photos of: the full gun from the sides (not from one end or the other), the butt plate tang, the trigger guard, the side plate, the barrel breech...
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    P1842 Rifled musket

    Very nice. Could you post photos of the markings?
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    WANTED Looking for a Nepalese Brunswick bayonet

    Just a thought, but unless you specifically want a Nepalese bayonet, you might want to consider a British Ordnance bayonet, which are fairly common, and can be found in the $200-275 range. Some can be found on dealer sites and some on ebay, gunbroker, etc. Despite there being a lot of Nepal...
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    Help identifying!

    If you just want a musket to hang over the fireplace, it would certainly do the job, but I wouldn't pay too much for it.
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    Help identifying!

    If I am seeing this right, you have a flintlock cock with a percussion bolster, so it's really some kind of mixed up gun. And, the comb on the buttstock looks like it has been rounded. I would be very hesitant to buy it.
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    Tower Enfield ID

    If it's shootable, and that's what you want it for, $150 is a good offer. If you want a historical piece, don't buy it. The lock plate is worth a few bucks, but otherwise almost nothing.
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    Committee of Safety Flintlock Musket? Please help...

    A committee of Safety musket is one originally authorized to be manufactured by state and local Committees of Safety prior to and during the American Revolution. Some were made by local gunsmiths, some by state sanctioned armories, and some were a mixture of existing parts. They take many...
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    Committee of Safety Flintlock Musket? Please help...

    I put my copy on sale on British Militaria Forums a couple of months ago, and at a good price, but no takers. So, I put it on ebay and sold it there. If only you had known at the time.....
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    Just arrived: 1861 Springfield

    I agree with Trot. In addition, I'm suspicious of at least the nipple bolster, which appears to have a very different finish. I suspect a change in parts at some point. Lack of a cartouche is concerning but the sanding may be the cause. May I suggest that you post it on civilwartalk.com. It's...
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    1829 WBlake

    Good point. GAR halls were full of war trophies.
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    1829 WBlake

    I was born and raised in Florida, and the vast majority of people in Florida are actually from up in Yankeeland. I refer to it as the second wave of carpetbaggers. My point simply being that these days, it could have come from anywhere in the country. If it was found in an attic in Florida...
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    1829 WBlake

    Your musket is almost certainly Civil War used and very probably Confederate. Marking a gun like that was prohibited in the Union army, not that it wasn't done occasionally, but very common in the Confederate units. I did a little research on fold3, and by ignoring men in cavalry units, found...
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    Seeking Information

    You have a Pattern 1809 Type II (India Pattern Type II) commercial musket, issued to a military unit somewhere, but probably not a British line regiment.
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    Committee of Safety musket?

    What caliber is this and does it seem just a little smaller and more lightweight than a normal musket of that period? In other words, could it be an officer's fusil? That might explain the checkering. What I'm seeing on-line is that Annely made longarms in New Jersey between 1770 and 1777...
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    Question about Revolutionary US rifle

    Some Connecticut troops were armed with Committee of Safety muskets (manufactured locally or by the states). Here is a link for a Connecticut-made musket for sale. Like JB67 said, they ain't cheap. https://www.ambroseantiques.com/flongarms/thik.htm If, by chance, your ancestor was in the 7th...
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    New from North Carolina

    I'm really more of a collector but it looks like a great place for shooters.
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    High End Antique Arms

    It's always nice to look at things like what he carries. But looking is the best most of us can do. Definitely some nice stuff there.
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    New from North Carolina

    Just came through there on Thursday, down to visit my mother in Venice. (I'm originally a Florida boy, born and raised. Yes, I said born.) The Dade Battlefield is one of my favorite sites.
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    New from North Carolina

    Thank you everyone!
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