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French Flintlock Musket

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French Flintlock Musket
The barrel has a bayonet lug on the underside and the year "1810" stamped on the left side at the breech. Brass rear and front barrel bands with the middle band being iron. The front band has a blade front sight. The lock is marked with a small crown/G proof and a script marked "Liege / Manuf. Imp". The flash pan, trigger guard, and side plate are brass. The trigger guard is marked with the letter "R" followed by a small number "5". Several of the components (including a few screws) are marked with a crown/G or with the letter "G". Full length straight grip stock with a dished out cheekpiece on the left side. The right side of the buttstock is marked "S21" and "R". The trigger guard and middle barrel band are fitted with a sling swivel.
BBL: 40 1/2 inch round
Stock: walnut
Gauge: 69
Finish: bright
Grips:
Serial Number: NSN


Good. The once cleaned metal surfaces have a smooth gray patina with the brass having a polished appearance. There is some moderate spotting on the buttplate. The a section of the forearm (from the front to the middle barrel bands) has been period crudely replaced, with a sliver of wood missing near the middle band. Otherwise the wood is about good with an absent chip near the buttplate heal, a few minor gouges, and numerous minor dings and scratches.