Description
.750 FLINTLOCK PRIVATE PURCHASE MUSKET SIGNED D. EGG, rack no. 102, with bayonet,
dated for 1799, with darkly stained 38 1/2in. round iron barrel, private proofs, moulded band at breech, borderline engraved lock signed ‘D. EGG’ below the pan and dated at tail (both possibly spurious), ring-necked cock, walnut hand-rail full-stock with brass furniture, the underside of butt numbered ‘102’ behind lower tang, the side-cheek marked ‘S.S’, rounded ‘L’ shaped sideplate, iron stirrup swivels and ramrod, crisp condition, together with a period socket bayonet (no scabbard)
