Friday, April 6, 2018

Interesting Flintlocks From the Athens War Museum

Buttstock elaborately carved into a fish, dragon, or serpent. 
Close-up detail of carved beast head on gun stock.


Silver adornment on the grip of the rifle.

Two flintlocks and powder horn.

Large flintlocks that required the use of support (tripod) to fire. Abus gun or wall gun I believe would be what there were called. Similar to a punt gun.
Close-up of the double locks of a blunderbuss.

Double-barreled blunderbuss.

Side-by-side blunderbuss with a carved stock. 

Over-under flintlock, stock carved in the shape of a dragon, and a blunderbuss.

Close-up of a over-under flintlock rifle barrel.

Over-under flintlock rifle. 

Close-up elaborately carved stock with silver inlay. 

Engraved flintlock with silver inlay. 

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