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A FLINTLOCK SEA SERVICE MUSKETOON BY BROOKS, CIRCA 1790 with 61.5cm; 24 1/4in steel barrel flared
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A FLINTLOCK SEA SERVICE MUSKETOON BY BROOKS, CIRCA 1790 with 61.5cm; 24 1/4in steel barrel flared at the muzzle and struck with a series of marks including view, proof and Ordnance marks, signed border-engraved lock with Ordnance mark (mainspring removed), figured walnut full stock (fore-end repaired), the butt with flat-topped comb, brass mounts of regulation type comprising trigger-guard, side-plate, butt-plate and ramrod-pipe, and contemporary brass-tipped wooden ramrod 102.8cm; 40 1/2in Inv. no. F087. See H.L. Blackmore 1961, p.99.
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A FLINTLOCK SEA SERVICE MUSKETOON BY BROOKS, CIRCA 1790 with 61.5cm; 24 1/4in steel barrel flared at the muzzle and struck with a series of marks including view, proof and Ordnance marks, signed border-engraved lock with Ordnance mark (mainspring removed), figured walnut full stock (fore-end repaired), the butt with flat-topped comb, brass mounts of regulation type comprising trigger-guard, side-plate, butt-plate and ramrod-pipe, and contemporary brass-tipped wooden ramrod 102.8cm; 40 1/2in Inv. no. F087. See H.L. Blackmore 1961, p.99.
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