Best value smoothbore

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I’ll be whipped with my ramrod for saying this, but I’m now a fan of Loyalist arms and their India made guns. I just got one and fit and finish compare well to a Perdisoli. The barrel is too bright for my taste and had to be treated.
The lock sparks like the forth of july.
They import many smooth you just can’t find any where else. Several French and British muskets covering a century, then Spanish and German. Also an early and classical English trade gun, the North west gun, and a French trade gun, the Fusil de Chase. It shoots out of the box, although minor modifications make it better
Price is in the $800 range, about the cost of a kit, and 1/3 of a custom or less.
The top is my new dog lock musket, that is close but not an exact copy of an original cr 1710, next to my Centermark Fusil
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I like mine, the English Trade gun, very good, the heavy dragoon pistol to go with it, not as good but all in all very good for the money! I need to do a little tweaking on the pistol, nothing serious, to make it the way I want it. I plan on getting more in the future!