A French Charleville M1777 flintlock musket with later bayonet
smooth-bore, indistinct manufacturers details to lockplate (probably erased before release to the civilian market), fleur-de-lys below crown marks to the left oblique top side of the barrel and numbered '13' or possibly '18', with a three-band stock, a cheek rest cut into the side of the butt, a slanted brass priming pan handle together with a modified trigger guard with two finger ridges, a 'button-head' ramrod, barrel length 99cm, overall length of musket 135cm and 188cm including the bayonet.

Condition Report
Firing mechanism- action holds at full and half cock and releases with the trigger, but it is a little stiff when pulling back.

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