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And thank you J. It was a great pleasure meeting you as well as doing business with you. All the best! C>

Rifle has been sold and picked up. Thanks to all who were so helpful here adding insight to this particular sale. Best, C>

Yup wasn't terrible. Thanks for the clarity on symbol meaning. C>

You guys are so sweet. Good thing I Iearned to ignore static from the peanut gallery a long time ago. Now on to updates. I am currently in what will hopefully be final discussions on sale via PM messages. I very much appreciate all the serious interested parties, and I will keep everyone posted...

Thanks for your perspective JV32311. You are quite astute in your assessment. And no this hasn't been a quick sale for a number of reasons. First and foremost because I am learning about this piece as I go along, as well as providing people with their requested information, and as was stated I...

Ok dude. I just told you I'm giving preference to the local buyers first for ease of transfer but if that falls through I would certainly entertain your offer. No need to be uppity. And thanks again for your interest.

There are no Italian markings anywhere I can see. Only British proof marks. I will see if I feel comfortable yanking the barrel off. I would think however with British proof marks, it would not be Italian.

Thanks for the insightful details gentlemen. Lots of stuff mentioned here I was not aware of. ; ) C>

Yeah my feeling is that this odd light number might be a mis-strike. Could be a 9 too though, but why so light?? I'm not sure I'm comfortable pulling the barrel off. Are they pins that need to be driven out?

Hello everyone, Thanks for all the PM's ! I promise I will get to them all shortly with responses. I have limited time for this so my apologies. In that light thanks so much for the insightful responses. In light of these this must be the correct bullet mold for this piece, and I have handles...

I mentioned my starting price is $1000.00 or best offer in the first post. Sorry I forgot to restate that. So pretty much the best offer wins whether higher or a smidge lower if we can agree on shipping or pickup. ; )

That looks like a blonde French flint. Rowr! Lol. C>

And the older pics from the first post:

Holy geesh you guys are ridiculous. Give me some time to get back in here and correct my posting. I only visit here like once a week. I missed the part where I needed to supply a name and date card with the picture. My apologies so here goes again. If there's an issue let me know and I will...

You are correct sir. I should have said "chert". ; ) S>

Depending on what part of the world you live in you can also find your own. But that might be a little too involved for some. Mid to West Coast America you can find some rather nice obsidian flint nodules (black flint). East Coasters are rather out of luck. I read a story from a guy from the...

very cool

Good advice. I will have to try them out. I also suggest studying the re-knapping process. You can often recycle an old flint if it goes well and double the life-span. C>

Congrats. Beautiful piece. C>

Yeah that's looking like a chopped down military musket.