Musket
Description
A 12 bore percussion smoothbore musket that has been converted from a flintlock mechanism. The entire lock mechanism is missing and a brass plaque is marked " Fishenden ". It has very fine chequering on the wrist.
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According
to
old
museum
records
this
musket
was
'found
in
a
Maori
Whare
in
Porirua'.
It
would
have
been
a
quality
weapon
when
it
was
first
manufactured
and
it
is
likely
it
would
have
been
converted
from
a
flintlock
to
a
percussion
lock
some
time
in
the
1840s.
Accession number
A76.903
Collection type
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