Grice 1762

[Shine]

A couple of weeks ago I had my hands on a genuine 2nd model Bess. It was converted to percussion in its life. But the lock plate said Grice 1762. I was always under the impression that this was just pedersoli mistake.

 

[Artificer]

Is the lock original to the gun? If so, that lock was purchased towards the end of the FIW that ended in 1763, so it was probably put into storage and then used for the New Short Pattern Land Musket, when they began assembling them.

Gus

 

[Shine]

Yes it was original to the gun

 

[nwtradegun]

many flintlocks where converted to the new precussion cap. this would have in the late 1810s or 20s. old muskets where traded or sold to civilian and indian allies.

 

[Obi-Wan Cannoli]

just pedersoli mistake.

the Italian replicas, besides being generally well made, incorporate the more overt details into their ml's from original examples. take for example the wilderness motif on a Uberti's percussion cylinder.

 

[Artificer]

BTW, Great Britain's economy tanked after the FIW to the point that even though they came out with the New Short Land Pattern Musket, they did not make them in huge numbers for a while after sealing the pattern.


British Ordnance also made a habit out of assembling older locks on hand from inventory, into complete guns before they used new Locks - even at times when the lock styles had changed. Once they used up the older locks, then they put the newer pattern locks on the new production guns. That is why we sometimes see anomalies, different from the Sealed Pattern, in the first production runs of newer pattern guns.

Gus

 

[hoochiepapa]

Hey, Shine, good to see you're still ugly!!

 

[Shine]

Thanks Mike ,I fell off the edge of the world for a bit. But I'm back. Good or bad lol

 

[azmntman]

SEE! It IS FLAT

 

[Shine]

Yes and the edges are freakin sharp too