Original U.S. New England Flintlock Fowling Piece with British Birmingham Proofed Barrel - circa 1770 Technical Handbooks & Manuals leather keeper

leather keeper

The helmet is offered in splendid condition with much gilding remaining to the mounts and comes complete with is chained chin scales

Returned to the United States in November 1942 as a IV Fighter Command Lightning Replacement Training Unit (RTU)

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Scabbard comes complete with two large brass rings

Original U.S. New England Flintlock Fowling Piece with British Birmingham Proofed Barrel - circa 1770 Technical Handbooks & Manuals leather keeperOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely example of a New England Pre Revolutionary War Fowling piece. Most likely assembled using a British "Trade" Lock, this hunting gun also has a British barrel, bearing proofs from the Gun making city of Birmingham. It also is marked WS & Co. between the proof marks, which we have not been able to identify. Probably one of the multitude of gunsmiths in the Birmingham area. The musket is all brass