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REVOLUTIONARY WAR Era Antique RICHARD WILSON London FLINTLOCK Smooth Musket “WILSON” Marked Lock COLONIAL MILITIA Longarm
Guns International #: 103245429 Seller's Inventory #: 250565
Category: Antique Rifles - Flintlock - Antique Rifles - 1500-1850
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Seller: AncestryGunsLLC
Company: Ancestry Guns LLC
Member Since: 11/3/16
State: Missouri
Zip: 65203
Country: United States
Phone: (314) 707-7373
International Phone: 314-707-7373
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Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
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Description:
REVOLUTIONARY WAR Era Antique RICHARD WILSON London FLINTLOCK Smooth Musket
“WILSON” Marked Lock COLONIAL MILITIA Longarm
Here we present an antique Revolutionary War Era Richard Wilson Flintlock Musket, made circa the late 1760s to the early 1770s in London, England. Richard Wilson was the first of a multigenerational family named and owned arms making company in the Minories. He was born to parents who were originally from the county of Westmorland and he was baptized in the church of St. Bottolph’s Aldgate in London in 1703. He was apprenticed to London gunmaker Thomas Green for 7 years. Upon the completion of his apprenticeship in 1725 he continued to work for Thomas and then Thomas’s wife Agnes when Thomas had passed away. They made guns on contract for the Hudson’s Bay Company as well as the Royal African Company. He took over this business from Agnes and gained The Honourable East India Company as a client in 1733. He appears to have been making guns for North America by about 1735, documents mentioning his arms by name noting their desirability. Colonies such as Georgia and South Carolina were ordering muskets and bayonets for their militias while merchants were ordering them for sale to their customers, the colonists as well as Native Americans. Richard would pass in 1766 but his son William and subsequently his grandson William II would continue the family name and business. Richard would also train Robert Barnett and it is speculated by DeWitt Bailey II, the author of an excellent article from which much of this information was gleaned, that Barnett would make up part of the Company (as in Wilson & Co.) along with Richard’s first apprentice, Robert Wilson, a relative.
This piece has a long, smoothbore barrel which would have offered great versatility for the user, allowing him to fire a .67 caliber round ball for martial duties or for large game animals, shot for fowl and small game, or a combination called “buck and ball”. It has an “*RW” marked barrel, which is the maker mark for Richard Wilson with sunken oval pre-1813 London proofs, along with “LONDON” marked on the barrel. This musket would have likely been carried around by a militiaman, or even possibly an American Continental “Regular” during the American Revolutionary War.
The overall condition is good. Deep brown original patina throughout. The stock is in good condition with repairs on the wrist and under the lock. Visible markings are legible. Strong action. The bore is dark and smooth.
Barrel is 48 inches.
Caliber: .67 Flintlock
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$2200
#250565
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Antique: Yes