French matchlock musket about 1640

[BlueL]

Hello,

do you have some (or saw) pictures of french military matchlock musket about 1640-45? Replicas or original....

 

[robinghewitt]

Think you will find the military pieces were the same all over Europe. The civilian guns vary but the military is all much of a muchness :thumbsup:

 

[bioprof]

There was a link to an article about 17th century military matchlocks that was posted on here a while back, but the link no longer seems to work:
http://www.lanouvelle-france.com/mousquet/mainmousquet.htm

 

[Belleville]

"SOLDATS DU ROI LES ARMEES DE L'ACNCIEN REGIME 1610-1789" par Marcel Dugué Mac Carthy, 1984, page 15 shows a couple of originals in the time you request.