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Old 22nd February 2011, 08:39 PM   #5
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Thank you all Gentlemen, for your precious input.
Thank you Norman, i stand corrected with the ramrod tip material; it will be horn.
By military i meant not civilian, be it army or navy; i was basically referring to the sturdy aspect of the components, as stronger than those found in private weapons, made by regional smiths.
Also its severe overall look, lacking any sort of decoration is, as Mark points out, another reason to come to such conclusion.
On the other hand, having required an opinion from someone with deep knowledge on these things, Spanish documentalist Juan Luis Calvo, i was reminded that blunderbusses are not recorded to have being distributed to regular forces.
But i was also reminded that this type of guns, even when having a genuine barrel, and not a modified longer one, by shortening and flaring its muzzle, are often composed of parts from various origins, namely from regular forces weapons.
Well, apart from the lock possibility, we certainly have here a 'military' trigger guard, with is finger rest trigger plate and the remaining pin for a sling swivel.

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