Mid 18 th century Spanish military musket for ID.

fernando · 11th October 2015, 04:04 PM

Perhaps exceptions to both lock systems timeline are to be considered.
The musquet model aproved in 1717, which initiated the 'munition regulation', had a French style lock, 'imposed' by His Majesty. This lock, with continuous mechanic modifitations, kept in munitions models until 1789 when, as already noted, chnged to Miquelete by order of Carlos IV.
On the other hand the use of both lock styles had different paths, in either Royal Factories (Placencia) and private ones (the so called merchantia).
We can see in works by Juan Luis Calvó Pacual, the the picture of a Miquelete lock made around 1770, in the Catalonian variant, for the 'escopeta con bayoneta'.
Concerning preferences of either lock style, differences in perspective are recorded; rank men preferred the Miquelete style due to its easyness in cleaning and caring, whereas hose that were supposed to have better knowledge favoured the Miquelete because of its greater resistance and the advantage of visual access to its safe and shooting positions.
Other sources with a third perspective (stock makers?) claimed that the Miquelete was less controversial, as the carving for their insertion was not so deep and wood weakening.
Concerning the word REI on the barrel of the musket in discussion, this reassures it was Spanish King property.

11th October 2015, 04:04 PM	#22
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	A couple considerations Perhaps exceptions to both lock systems timeline are to be considered. The musquet model aproved in 1717, which initiated the 'munition regulation', had a French style lock, 'imposed' by His Majesty. This lock, with continuous mechanic modifitations, kept in munitions models until 1789 when, as already noted, chnged to Miquelete by order of Carlos IV. On the other hand the use of both lock styles had different paths, in either Royal Factories (Placencia) and private ones (the so called merchantia). We can see in works by Juan Luis Calvó Pacual, the the picture of a Miquelete lock made around 1770, in the Catalonian variant, for the 'escopeta con bayoneta'. Concerning preferences of either lock style, differences in perspective are recorded; rank men preferred the Miquelete style due to its easyness in cleaning and caring, whereas hose that were supposed to have better knowledge favoured the Miquelete because of its greater resistance and the advantage of visual access to its safe and shooting positions. Other sources with a third perspective (stock makers?) claimed that the Miquelete was less controversial, as the carving for their insertion was not so deep and wood weakening. Concerning the word REI on the barrel of the musket in discussion, this reassures it was Spanish King property.