Committee of Safety-style Flintlock Musket

Description:

Committee of Safety-style Flintlock Musket, c. 1770s, walnut stock with brass fittings, no lock markings, marked on the breech "US" and with "SS" mark on the left side of the barrel and just below it on the stock, marked with an "M" under the brass side plate and on the ramrod nose, barrel lg. 41 7/8, overall lg. 57 1/2 in.

Note: For other examples of this gun see MUSKETS OF THE REVOLUTION and the French & Indian Wars, by Bill Ahearn, pp. 160-61.
Estimate $1,000-1,500

Stock has some dings and nicks and a little wood loss on the left side of the stock where it meets the barrel, and the lock functions properly.


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