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27th June 2015, 11:04 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND
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Which lock are we discussing here?
The pic posted by Raf shows a completely different lock and stamping to one posted earlier by James Kelly. I am confused, but then I am old........
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27th June 2015, 11:57 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 252
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To clarify . The picture I posted was from a 1760s sea service lock in order to show the lack of a frizzen bridle and the distinctive shape of the termination of the frizzen spring. Two features distinctive of sea service locks but not normally found on standard issue Brown Bess ordnance muskets .
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30th June 2015, 09:28 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Wirral
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The crown and Cypher on James' lock really does not look British at all . A private contractor supplying a non British Government source would be breaking the law by applying a British Royal Cypher to his work . The cypher looks more like CR to me and the crown a European one .... perhaps Charles XIII or XIV of Sweden ... just guessing ? Here is the GR cypher on one of my British military flintlocks ...
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24th July 2015, 07:47 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Portugal
Posts: 9,694
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Guys, have a look to this thread:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=17643. Go figure why not a single member has commented on it .  Can you see the similarity between both 'not yet identified' crowned initials ? . |
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