Can anyone identify the makers' mark on this early musket?

[smokeythecat]

Any help would be appreciated. Also has a small "P" stamped on the top of barrel near the lock.

 

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[smokeythecat]

I'm not sure I am but I really appreciate the responses. The Continental Army would use any lock, stock and barrel they could put together to make a weapon. The French sent us a lot of material. I think this gun it a Pennsylvania Committee of Safety musket due to the distinct "P" on the barrel. I think part of it is a French 1774 and French 1777. It possibly could have been restocked. In the 1700's.

 

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[smokeythecat]

I wanted to add a few more details and photos. On the top of the barrel on the right side of the "P" there MAY be another mark. It looks somewhat like a Maltese cross with part of it missing. What do you think? On the left is a "triangle" and on the right a vertical line, vertical as in oriented to the "P".

On the lock, above "Charleville" it almost looks like two large scroll letters "US" but I wouldn't bet anything on that.

BTW the pan is made of brass. Gun has never been truly "cleaned". It's original to how I got it. I did wipe it with some oil today.

Also, what kind of wood is this? I know oak, pine and sometimes chestnut, but...walnut or cherry? The first picture is from the side, the second on the bottom. Another possibility is mahogany. I was looking at the grains. I used a 21 megapixel camera for this. Ideas please?

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[Mine Shaft]

I think i found it in my gun book French smooth-bore Flint-lock musket, cal. .75 engraved on the lock in script Charleville ? i cant make out the letter in my book. Iron-mounted; wide iron bands. Gun photo in my book, formerly owned by Elisha Crosby, Ashburnham, Mass., and carried in the Revolutionary War. WOW is all i can say. I will upload that name and a photo of the gun. The gun photo in my book is small but it sure matches your flint lock. Hope this helps. Forgot to mention that photo has a bayonet turned around and in the barrel lol.

 

[smokeythecat]

Thanks. I think it's a Model 1777 due to the brass pan. It came out of Pennsylvania.

 

[Mine Shaft]

I would say that date is very close according to my book copy right 1971 lol.

 

[smokeythecat]

I was using George Neumann's "Battle Weapons of the American Revolution" as a guide.

 

[DownNDirty]

Very nice musket-good score

 

[smokeythecat]

Thank you. No response on the wood type but my best guess is walnut.

 

[wainzoid]

For Sale. French military rifle. Never fired. Dropped once.

 

[smokeythecat]

Now that's funny but it was fired a lot. Mainspring is worn pretty bad.