Original British Iron Barrel Dog Lock Blunderbuss Circa 1700 40mm BOFORS lieutenant-colonels C

lieutenant-colonels C

A fine untouched example that just may or may not have been present at the 1805 BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR

Prior to his "unmasking" as a traitor

Shell size: 68

the 82nd conducted its fourth combat jump of World War II

Original British Iron Barrel Dog Lock Blunderbuss Circa 1700 40mm BOFORS lieutenant-colonels COriginal Item: Only one available. This is a very early London made iron barrel blunderbuss by the well documented maker Godfrey Taylor. The Dog Lock ignition system is marked "G. TAYLOR" and is covered in strawberry leaf engravings typical of the period. Godfrey Taylor is recorded in Stockel as having worked from 1678 1701 however in Bill Ahern's wonderful volume MUSKETS OF THE REVOLUTION on page 14, there is a somewhat similar lock of Military