Breezie
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Musket Turn Screw Driver SOLVED DMan&Taz
Hey Gang,
I MD today for about an hour, which is my first time out since I fractured my vertebrae. (No pain, no gain
) I was MD in one of my old areas that has produced quite a few Civil War items; it is also the same area I found the Sambo cap gun.
Do you think this is a musket turn screw driver? At first I thought it was a paint can opener with a strange handle, but then I noticed the end was shaped like a screw driver.
Below is a photo of one, and some information I copied/pasted from the website in which I got the photo. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks
Breezie
http://woodsrunnersdiary.blogspot.com/2011/09/fitting-gun-flint-in-lock.html
A turn screw (screw driver) and a screw.
The driver is used to remove the barrel and lock for cleaning, and to repair the lock if required. The screw is used to "pull the load", you attach the screw to the end of the ramrod and insert it down the barrel. Then you screw it into the soft lead ball or the wad, depending on whether or not you are using ball or shot, and pull it out. This is done if you don't wish to fire the gun but want to store it away, or if the load should get wet and won't fire.
Hey Gang,
I MD today for about an hour, which is my first time out since I fractured my vertebrae. (No pain, no gain
) I was MD in one of my old areas that has produced quite a few Civil War items; it is also the same area I found the Sambo cap gun. Do you think this is a musket turn screw driver? At first I thought it was a paint can opener with a strange handle, but then I noticed the end was shaped like a screw driver.
Below is a photo of one, and some information I copied/pasted from the website in which I got the photo. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks
Breeziehttp://woodsrunnersdiary.blogspot.com/2011/09/fitting-gun-flint-in-lock.html
A turn screw (screw driver) and a screw.
The driver is used to remove the barrel and lock for cleaning, and to repair the lock if required. The screw is used to "pull the load", you attach the screw to the end of the ramrod and insert it down the barrel. Then you screw it into the soft lead ball or the wad, depending on whether or not you are using ball or shot, and pull it out. This is done if you don't wish to fire the gun but want to store it away, or if the load should get wet and won't fire.
At least it's definitely not a cheap paint can opener (maybe a 1st cousin 
Breezie
