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I’ve got a long list of tune up’s I’m working on, this Spanish 1752 lock is an interesting one. Made in Spain by Jukar for the Spanish Military Marching Band in the 1970’s, dictator Francisco Franco demanded historical accuracy. The lock is pretty close to an original minus some internal...

The first part of rust protection is the keep the gun clean. All the productions you’ve mentioned are fine to use, but keeping the gun clean is the most critical.

Whenever I see Bess locks with the name in the center I just assume it’s a type of regimental contract lock. Such as Wilson

Not sure, I’ll have to ask jess,!the name is not in any records I can find

polished up and tuned up

I had all the rifle shoppe bands, too big up top

Very thin walled too at the muzzle. French soldiers would often cut their hands on the muzzle when ramming and fixing bayonets.

Yeap, great point on the barrel bands. I had a French 1728 by loyalist arms for repair about 5 years ago, the forestock was extremely heavy for a 1728. The owner wanted the gun lightened along the forearm however i did mention the bands would need to be cut and welded tighter rear and middle...

I woudn’t worry about ruining a kit, take a leap forward, the only way to learn is do it and learn from mistakes. I would challenge any builder on this forum to state they’ve never made a mistake they didn’t learn from. Follow a simple rule, understand the project first, and do appropriate...

There were minor differences between the 1728 and 1754 locks. Writers and collectors often pick out differences to call salient but they’re hardly differences you’d find across 7-10 samples. My opinion the 1728 and 54 are the same lock essentially. The only thing that is really different...

Doesn’t look French to me, possibly German or Dutch or even Austrian. The 1728 French pattern lock was very common in Europe of the time, and was copied by the Dutch and many builders Germany, and was even used as the basis for many smaller rifle locks. Early German muskets used a 1728 style...

Nice job on the color !

I wouldn’t use an original 1766 barrel as a comparison, they’re totally different. 1766 barrels were very light, extremely light in many cases, some had breeches under 1.2 1717-1754 barrels on infantry guns were heavier in the breech sections, ranging from 1.3-1.35, I’ve worked with Jess...

I’ve got two 1728 barrels here, the flats fade into the round section at around 7”, the breech is around 1.338 across the flats, I’ve seen then also as high as 1.350, they vary but generally are no less than 1.3. The measurements i got from ligoner were around 1.3 1.35 however the flats faded...

I’m understanding that you wish to have a very accurate representation of a model 1728 French musket ? I would get a rifle shoppe kit.

It depends on the specific pattern. The heavy model 1763 is very rare, we received nearly all of the 100.000 produced in France, of the ones received, they were hardly used because France had very limited engagements and most were returned and considered to be a flawed design. These were...

A lot of charleville remained in use through the civil war especially in the South in the earlier days of the war. It’s not uncommon to find a converted 1766 or 1774.

I believe that is the 1776 rifle barrel they were making for the rifle shoppe.

Awesome, can you send a close up picture of the loading lever latch ? thanks !

Paul is retired. There’s no standard price on the work, it’s all based on fact and circumstance. Ask Paul to repair an Indian lock I’m confident he would decline that job due to the time and cost. With that said Brad Emig is an excellent gunsmith and is worth his rate. His reviews and...