Quote Originally Posted by Woodsheal View Post
It's a Dutch piece. The Scots imported lots of stuff from the Low Countries through their eastern seaports.

As for age, a span of 57 years in the life of a gun is not unusual for that period. Obsolescence is a modern concept! Muskets from the 1690s were still being used by colonists during the American Revolution....
Not to mention all of the percussion conversion flintlocks that were issued to state volunteer troops at the beginning of the Civil War.

T.