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Re: Enfield nipple protector, old type
This article is referring to English arms of an earlier pattern, the Brown Bess derivatives with percussion locks.
Note the locks are the "hook" type (no tumbler link) and the barrel has the fasteners on the bottom side as this
older style did not utilize barrel bands.
The later P-53 used the chain and snapcap. Elastic was in use (certainly) by the 1840s, I believe it
was used in side panels for womens shoes.Last edited by Craig L Barry; 06-25-2010, 04:28 PM.Craig L Barry
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Re: Enfield nipple protector, old type
I realized now I meant to type "English" instead of "Enfield". There is, however, much of interest in these articles - a mention of the Austrian musket states that they are "varnished" with turpentine and linseed oil, "like the French". Also, I have never seen an original sear spring vice like the one pictured. Wasn't shocked to see elastic - just wasn't expecting to see it on a nipple protector.David Stone
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Re: Enfield nipple protector, old type
Originally posted by fahnenschmied View Post- a mention of the Austrian musket states that they are "varnished" with turpentine and linseed oil, "like the French".
My guess these Austrian muskets were just "painted" with linseed oil, thinned with turpentine.Bill Rodman, King of Prussia, PA
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I've done a "French Polish" on the stock of one of my little Flobert rifles, done with linseed oil and shellac, but that was a very quick finish, didn't take long at all.
I wouldn't have thought of linseed oil and turpentine as a "varnish" - yet sometimes people will "varnish" something with "shellac"....David Stone
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