Early Swiss flintlock Canton musket 1725-50
Note:- Title was edited once the musket was identified to assist others in the event of similar arms appearing in the future Well as is my wont, here we go with another mystery.Just landed this at...
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Only just seen this thread.I've a Swiss musket that's very similar. Marked to Zurich canton.Got it from Switzerland, so no mystery !
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Interesting and very clean musket much more in the later French style with the brass pan and bridle. Does yours have brass bands? What is the barrel length?
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It has steel furniture. Only brass pan . Length of barrel is 40 inches. Bore is quite good, though I haven't shot it.
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I'd hoped to show the inside of the lock, and while one of the cross nails came out easily the other proving more difficult. It moves a hint as in it's soft steel and could sheer if I get too...
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Here are the images of the lock. A drop of oil over night proved sufficient to loosen the remaining cross nail.Inside, very clean and every screw coming away easily. The mainspring falls a hint short...
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Jon.The broken cock has likely caused the mainspring hook to slip off the tumbler toe.The shoulder of the cock acts as a tumbler stop when it meets the top of the lock plate.A new cock will probably...
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Hello NialYes, once you pointed it out I realised my observational error. With only having the lower half of the cock it's not clear were it should have stopped. A few degrees makes all the...
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A contact on the Swiss forum suggested it might be re-stocked bacause of the spring secured barrel bands. While the barrel was designed to be pinned in a stock (3 key / wedge slots underneath) the...
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Boudriot shows the French 1717 musket with the barrel held by pins and lugs but with the 'grenadiere' or mid band with a sling swivel as an addition. The 1728 model has a full set of bands and no pins...
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Thank you for clarifying that point Bill. I only had a small, rather dark, black and white image for reference. There is another nice mark under the barrel as well as some initials. It surprised me...
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The Swiss were enemies of Bonaparte, google Andreas Hofer. Iron mountings were lighter than brass because of the relative strengths of the materials.
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I just ran across this thread and was interested to see some muskets with features very similar to one in my collection, which I also believe is Swiss, although it has no markings. I bought it from a...
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Tyrol may have been the scene of an anti-French rebellion, but througout the Napoleonic wars the Swiss troops fought for Napoleon: "Despite the confusion that their red uniforms caused by their...
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A very tidy looking musket there Greg. Interesting to see a minor lock variation in that yours has 2 screws showing behind the lock as opposed to mine with just 1. The other screw locates in a blind...
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flintlockandsteel wrote: Note:- Title was edited once the musket was identified to assist others in the event of similar arms appearing in the future Well as is my wont, here we go with another...
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Well, it's been steamed and clamped up - see Steaming old timber under Gunsmithing.Now to wait a week or two for the results.
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More background information from my Swiss contactThe initials "SK" on the stamp are not recorded, or not as yet attributed, however the hen illustrated under the initials is the famous "suhler huhn" -...
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At long last the repaired cock is back. Scratch built top half, jaw and screw, the only reference being from a couple of photographs. Just one question. How do I get larger images on the screen?...
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I think he's done a very decent job on the cock, Jon. It's pointing lower into the pan than it maybe was originally, but some old locks intentionally had the cock bent down in this manner. Does it...
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