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FRENCH MODEL 1777 FLINTLOCK MUSKET BY TULLE

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,800.00 USD
FRENCH MODEL 1777 FLINTLOCK MUSKET BY TULLE

ARSENAL. Cal. 71. NSN. Bbl. 44 5/8". Lock w/ reinforced cock, inset brass pan, bridled frizzen & feather spring w/ fancy finial marked w/ "Manufacture Tulle" mark in front of cock. Swan necked stock has dished out left side of comb & is brass mounted. Trigger guard has finger grooves at grip. Front & rear bands are of brass & spring retained. Iron central band is driven on. Sling loops are present as is old tapered head ramrod. CONDITION: bbl. dark patina w/ considerable pitting. Lock cleaned to gray over pitting. Stock w/ old refinish & many marks. There are cracks in wood above lock & behind bbl. tang & losses of wood along bbl. channel. Brass cleaned. Lock is operable. Deeply pitted bore. PROVENANCE: The Estate Collection of Gary Parietti. (01-19715/MGM). ANTIQUE. $1,000-1,800.