Quote Originally Posted by Colonel MacNeal View Post
Woodsheal,
It looks like the same flintlock in both photos. Surely that's not right with a span of 57 years?
What flintlock is that?
Cheers, ColMac
It's a Dutch piece. The Scots imported lots of stuff from the Low Countries through their eastern seaports.

As for age, a span of 57 years in the life of a gun is not unusual for that period. Obsolescence is a modern concept! Muskets from the 1690s were still being used by colonists during the American Revolution....