Swede Snaplock, oh my what a cool lock ... and such a BIG girl!

[Flint62Smoothie]

Huzzah! She shoots, she fires and with that BIG true 75-cal ball and 80+ grain charges, she kicks like a mule, even though hangs out there well at 10-pounds. She's a 46" barreled 77-cal EARLY musket. The stock design and workmanship is just superb and the lock mechanism is unique as all get out! She has a looooong throw when you cock her back! The 'safety' if you will, is to keep the 'manual' pan cover closed and the frizzen rocked forward out of battery.

I am the lucky 'current' owner (@TobJohn is next in line ... ) of this wonderful piece that @rickystl had built and I indebted to him forever in that regard, plus even more so for his friendship!

 

[BillinOregon]

Dale, it is just gorgeous. Congratulations on giving it a great home. You show fine technique in the video clip.
May need to re-christen yourself Snap77smoothie.

 

[rich pierce]

I like the throw of that cock. Definitely designed to scrape not bash!

 

[rickystl]

Hi Flint.

LOL. Yea, she is a beast. But a good example of an early (about 1600) "transition" gun moving forward from the matchlock and wheellock to flint ignition. Various snaplocks like this seemed to have started their development about the same time as the snaphaunce. Just a different variation. The general feel of the gun when you shoulder it is that of a full size matchlock of the same period. Which, if you think about it, is not too surprising. And the manually operated pan cover being a carry-over from the matchlock. A simplified version of a snaphaunce.
Congratulations on being her second caretaker. Have fun. A really cool gun I hated to let go.

Rick

 

[TobJohn]

Do you think the musket is large enough to justify a musket fork?

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

Do you think the musket is large enough to justify a musket fork?

Heresy I say, heresy …

Yeah, my big English matchlock @ 14-pounds is an ideal candidate for such a fork, but not a 10# musket … run w/ de big dogs or stay on de porch, LOL!