An interesting example is this month’s choice for “I Have This Old Gun,” a musket that started out as a smoothbore flintlock ... In 1866, the French army adopted an excellent bolt-action ...

GUEST: A flintlock musket that's, was supposedly used in the Revolutionary War, that Ben Franklin made some deal with the French. I was in the Navy, and it was right around when the shah was in ...

The flintlock firing ... used in infantry muskets, by which time it had been perfected. It survived well into the 19th century and was often known as the French lock because Marin le Bourgeoys ...