Spanish made 1766 Charleville Musket?

[MTCossack]

Were any reproduction Charleville 1766 baskets made and imported from Spain? I found a store advertising a used one. I’ve asked for more info and photos. I’ve never heard of Spanish made Charleville muskets.

If there were Spanish Charlevilles, how wa the quality and accuracy to the originals? Are they any good? What’s the approximate market value?

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

Never have heard of one myself, but that doesn’t mean they don’t exist. I’ve only seen the imports from India or the one made by Miroku in Japan, usually marked as ‘Navy Arms’.

 

[MTCossack]

Does/did any maker sell a carbine (or would it be a dragoon model?) with a 35” barrel? If I correctly understand the seller’s ad, I think that might be what it is.

Still waiting for photos.

 

[FlinterNick]

Those Spanish muskets were not sold as charlevilles when they were originally distributed back in the 1980s I believe Jukar was the manufacturer. if I can recall they were marked as 1752 Spanish muskets and they also had a Spanish fusil. The bands were brass and the stock was poor quality. And the locks used a coiled mainspring.

pedersoli did for a short while take over production of a line of Spanish muskets but they were not popular; and discontinued.

 

[MTCossack]

See even more photos of it here : https://imgur.com/a/9xtiAvQ

So, the seller said it was "copper" - I assumed that meant brass fittings or something. But the barrel itself really does appear to be copper! Would this even be safe to fire?

Anyway, it has a lot of Charleville features, although I can't match it exactly to any specific historical variation of French musket or to any modern reproduction that I'm familiar with.

Any knowledge, observations, or other comments to share on this?

 

[Stantheman86]

Is that copper or just tarnished steel?

Or Bronze?

I don't know if I'd mess with it unless I fired a couple live rounds through Redneck Remote.

 

[FlinterNick]

See even more photos of it here : https://imgur.com/a/9xtiAvQ

So, the seller said it was "copper" - I assumed that meant brass fittings or something. But the barrel itself really does appear to be copper! Would this even be safe to fire?

Anyway, it has a lot of Charleville features, although I can't match it exactly to any specific historical variation of French musket or to any modern reproduction that I'm familiar with.

Any knowledge, observations, or other comments to share on this?

That looks like the Older Pedersoli 1763 Charleville musket, cut down a few inches, they did have a dragoon musket in the 1970's sold by Navy Arms.

Or it might be a miruko charleville cut down.

The Spanish Charlevilles didn't look as nice as this gun.