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Prussian 1740 Potsdam (Potsdamagaz) flintlock musket
$8,995.00
Original Potsdam 1740 flintlock musket. Lock is Prussian Potsdam Arsenal marked POTSDAMAGAZ (Potsdam Magazine) with the maker’s initials S et D along the bottom beveled edge for Splittgerber and Daum, indicating production between 1722 – 1779. Hammer functions well. Releases at half and full cock. .75 inch bore diameter, 41 inch long round barrel, overall length 56 ¾ inches. Barrel has bayonet lug on the bottom near the muzzle and long rounded brass front sight. There are unrecognized proof marks at the breech as shown in photo. Bore is heavily corroded. Brass wrist escutcheon is engraved with cypher of Frederick II of Prussia (1740 – 1786), Frederick The Great. Wooden stock is sound and has “cows foot” design at butt. The letters WE are scratched into the wood as shown in photo. Original wooden ramrod. Rich European history with US Civil War connection and very researchable musket.
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Original Potsdam 1740 flintlock musket. Lock is Prussian Potsdam Arsenal marked POTSDAMAGAZ (Potsdam Magazine) with the maker’s initials S et D along the bottom beveled edge for Splittgerber and Daum, indicating production between 1722 – 1779. Hammer functions well. Releases at half and full cock. .75 inch bore diameter, 41 inch long round barrel, overall length 56 ¾ inches. Barrel has bayonet lug on the bottom near the muzzle and long rounded brass front sight. There are unrecognized proof marks at the breech as shown in photo. Bore is heavily corroded. Brass wrist escutcheon is engraved with cypher of Frederick II of Prussia (1740 – 1786), Frederick The Great. Wooden stock is sound and has “cows foot” design at butt. The letters WE are scratched into the wood as shown in photo. Original wooden ramrod. Rich European history with US Civil War connection and very researchable musket.
