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The top one and the third one remind me of guns I've seen for the South American trade. The bottom one is definately African, it's referred to as a 'Long Dane' style---bet it has an elephant on the lockplate or barrel, too. The military looking musket used to be advertised for sale as late as the 1970s in this country, for reenactors, but is in reality a Belgian trade gun just like the others. These things went to parts of the world where muzzleloaders were still state of the art in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s---mainly Africa and South America.

Most times, tribal gun owners went directly from one of those muzzleloaders to the AK-47. Talk about a leap in technology.

Rod
 

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