Musket
- Object Name:
- Musket
- Object ID:
- 1975.555
- Place of Origin:
- France
- Date:
- circa 1777
- Description:
- Muzzle-loading flintlock musket with round barrel, smoothbore. Probably a "French Infantry Musket", model 1774. Barrel length: 44.6"; .72 caliber. Trumpet headed iron ramrod is intact. Barrel is attached to stock by 3 bands and 3 retaining springs. Gun is fully stocked. bayonet mounting stud located on bottom of barrel at muzzle. Gunsight mounted on rear strap of forward band. All furniture is iron, all iron is browned: barrel, bands; 2 sling swivels (forward swivel on center band, underside; rear band attached in front of trigger guard bow); lockplate; trigger guard (with finger ridges behind bow); S-shaped sideplate; flat butt plate with 1.5" tang. Recessed cheek rest cut into comb of stock.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal - Dimensions:
- L-59.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Found in Collection, probably from H. W. Harmon Collection (1966.545).
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Harmon, Horace W. (1844-1911)
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