my new musket

[moharrow]

my 1740 pottsdam musket. got it in trade for some repair work

 

[303tom]

Nice..................

 

[4v50 Gary]

Just in time in case the Crown forces return.

 

[Phantom Captain]

Very nice!! I like it lots.

I just traded also for a Pedersoli Model 1816 Springfield flintlock. I had a gaping hole in my collection in that I didn't have any flinter military muskets.

I've been completely sucked into reading the Sharpe's novels by Cornwell and realized that I MUST have a flintlock musket.

Now I'm really wanting a Charleville and a Brown Bess. Oh the humanity! This is a bad disease I tell ya.

 

[72coupe]

I was reading the casualty list from the Alamo last night and was thinking I need to get a Brown Bess.

Texas gave the hiers of the Alamo fighters large tracts of land. I live in the W.B. Harrison survey, a tract that was given to Mr. Harrison's descendants.

 

[Phantom Captain]

Track of the Wolf has a nice 3rd Pattern Brown Bess on sale right now for less than $500.

 

[BigG]

Potsdam Musket -

Is that a form of Brown Bess? I have a Pedersoli BB and that looks like a ringer except for the fixed bayonet. Flintlocks are the most fun you can have with your clothes on!

 

[infmp32]

It's a German musket. Very cool. The unit I used to reenact with, as best we can tell from documentation, was equipped with a majority of captured Pottsdam muskets circa 1778 and the battle of Monmouth.

 

[moharrow]

took it out shooting today. It performed flawlessly at 50 yards I was able to keep a hand sized group with patched .735 round balls. ignition was very rapid with virtually no perceptible delay between primer and main charge. lock is very fast and produces a large shower of sparks. ignites 3f powder in the pan with no problems. I am extremely pleased

 

[gunner69]

Nice looking "catch" for your manual labor.

 

[moharrow]

its actually a 1724 pottsdam

 

[woodnbow]

Here's a very good reason for civilians to own military weapons... That's just cool!