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18TH CENTURY SHORT MUSKET.

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Firearms & Armory Start Price:2,500.00 USD Estimated At:5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD
18TH CENTURY SHORT MUSKET.
NSN. .80 Cal. x 36-1/8" bbl marked near breech "PP/76" appears to be of European manufacture. European lock is 6" long and marked behind cock "Matthias Keely" reading vertically in two lines. Bayonet lug set back 2" from muzzle. Furniture consists of an iron front band connected to a ramrod pipe, second and third bands also iron and friction held. Brass tail pipe, trigger guard, 4-screw buttplate and tailed side plate all salvaged from a Dutch musket. Stock measures 46" long having raised carved section around the lock, side plate and bbl tang as seen on early European muskets. PROVENANCE: Orig purchased from Kimball Arms or Worcester, MA by Charles Glenn (who began collecting in 1938 and died in 1995), after which the gun was purchased by Dr. Douglas Sirkin. CONDITION: Bbl and lock show aged patina except where "PP/76" and "Matthias Keely" marking are present, balance of iron showing medium pitting around touch hole and the associated lock components. Three iron bbl bands show light to medium pitting. Brass furniture is in very good condition with a pleasing yellow color. Wood is in very good condition showing a dark color from its age and oiling, having not been cleaned. 4-49820 PAS26