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Well seems everyone enjoys photos so I am going to post a presentation I made back in 2015 for the Boy Scout Venture Crew I work with. This was my second presentation for them. The first was an overview of US Military Long Arms but this one started at the beginning with Flintlocks. When I get a chance I will go outside and take more detailed photos of each arm like I did for the sniper rifles, BP Navy bolt guns and the Hall Arms.
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Military Flintlock Long Arms Presentation
07/13/2015
European Armies: 1660 – 1840 (180 years)
Flintlock smooth bore muskets
1841 – 2015 (174 years)
French & Indian War (American Colonies): 1756 – 1763 (7 years)
Seven Years War (Europe, Britain and France)
(Started with Washington attacking French in 1754 and losing)
Dutch Type IIB, circa 1750, .75 cal. FL
(British purchase sent to Colonies)
British Trade Gun (fowler), circa 1750 – 1760, .75 cal. FL
American Revolutionary War: 1775 – 1782 (8 years)
1776 Declaration of Independence
1782 Peace Treaty signed, ratified 1783
4 years later – 1787 US Constitution signed, ratified 1788
American Assembled Fowler, circa 1720 – 1740, .75 cal. FL
(Used French parts)
British Shortland Pattern (Brown Bess) model 1768, .75 cal. FL
(American restocked and US Surcharged)
French Charleville model 1763, .69 cal. FL
(American restocked)
1777 Springfield Depot established by George Washington
1782 – 1842 powder magazine
1794 Congress establishes Springfield National Armory (closed in 1968)
(1795 first production of Charleville Pattern Musket (model 1795) patterned after French Charleville musket model 1768)
1796 Harpers Ferry National Armory established, built 1799 – 1801
(closed in 1861 during Civil War)
(1802 first production of Charleville Pattern Musket, model 1795)
HF model 1795 type II, dated 1809, .69 cal. FL
SF model 1795 type III, dated 1812 Lock/1813 Butt, .69 cal. FL
War of 1812: 1812 – 1815 (3 years)
(The Star Spangled Banner written as poem in 1812 during battle)
HF model 1803 Rifle, dated 1819, .54 cal. FL
SF model 1812, dated 1817, .69 cal. FL
HF Std. model 1815, dated 1816, .69 cal. FL
Scout
Military Flintlock Long Arms Presentation
07/13/2015
European Armies: 1660 – 1840 (180 years)
Flintlock smooth bore muskets
1841 – 2015 (174 years)
French & Indian War (American Colonies): 1756 – 1763 (7 years)
Seven Years War (Europe, Britain and France)
(Started with Washington attacking French in 1754 and losing)
Dutch Type IIB, circa 1750, .75 cal. FL
(British purchase sent to Colonies)
British Trade Gun (fowler), circa 1750 – 1760, .75 cal. FL
American Revolutionary War: 1775 – 1782 (8 years)
1776 Declaration of Independence
1782 Peace Treaty signed, ratified 1783
4 years later – 1787 US Constitution signed, ratified 1788
American Assembled Fowler, circa 1720 – 1740, .75 cal. FL
(Used French parts)
British Shortland Pattern (Brown Bess) model 1768, .75 cal. FL
(American restocked and US Surcharged)
French Charleville model 1763, .69 cal. FL
(American restocked)
1777 Springfield Depot established by George Washington
1782 – 1842 powder magazine
1794 Congress establishes Springfield National Armory (closed in 1968)
(1795 first production of Charleville Pattern Musket (model 1795) patterned after French Charleville musket model 1768)
1796 Harpers Ferry National Armory established, built 1799 – 1801
(closed in 1861 during Civil War)
(1802 first production of Charleville Pattern Musket, model 1795)
HF model 1795 type II, dated 1809, .69 cal. FL
SF model 1795 type III, dated 1812 Lock/1813 Butt, .69 cal. FL
War of 1812: 1812 – 1815 (3 years)
(The Star Spangled Banner written as poem in 1812 during battle)
HF model 1803 Rifle, dated 1819, .54 cal. FL
SF model 1812, dated 1817, .69 cal. FL
HF Std. model 1815, dated 1816, .69 cal. FL
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