Another
exclusive offering from Loyalist
Arms, due to popular demand.
Although the blunderbuss
was very popular with the English,
Germans/Prussians, and the Dutch,
most European countries used them
to some degree, especially by their
navies as a boarding weapon, and
as a coach gun or for self protection
.
This model has an
18" barrel in 10 Ga. and all
hardware is brass, similar to the
1717-46 French muskets.
This model has a
bridled frizzen. The French were
among the first to place a bridle
on the frizzens of their firearms.
Ram rod is wood with brass tip and
jag installed. Many American models
looked very close in appearance
to the French design, in fact, many
early American firearms were made
up of various surplus parts from
a wide variety of guns. We have
very limited supplies of this gun.
Brass barrel has
2 wedding bands and tapers from
octagon to round, then of course,
flares at the muzzle. Breech plug
is steel and gun is fully operational.
This is a very unique and attractive
firearm, available only from Loyalist
Arms and Repairs. This model blunderbuss
fits a wide time period from the
early to late 18th Century. Any
privateer, pirate, seaman, officer
or coachman would be proud to own
such a fine piece of equipment.