This .69 caliber smoothbore Doglock Trade Musket is offered in used condition with a bright bore that has been well maintained. The Doglock gets its name from the dog leg shaped catch, an additional safety feature, found on early flint locks. English doglocks became common around 1680 to 1700 and were made as late as 1715. Many of these locks have been found in archaeological sites in America. This musket has a 13-1/4" trigger reach and weighs 10.8 pounds.

Polished armory bright, the .69 caliber smoothbore is 51-1/2" long. The barrel is tapered from the breech to the muzzle. The octagon-to-round barrel turns into sixteen flats then transitions to a round barrel with a single wedding band. The barrel exterior has a few spots of brown speckling from use. A tall brass blade front sight is soldered 4-1/2" behind the muzzle. No rear sight is fitted on this early style musket.

Finished as walnut, the teak stock has a satin varnish and a few handling marks from use. The brass furniture has aged to a mellow patina. The buttplate is flat brass, retained using three polished domed head screws. The top view shows the rounded comb of the buttplate that wraps over the top of the stock. An oval brass thumb inlay is found on the top of the wrist. A shell carving design adorns the beaver tail finial that surrounds the flared tang of the breech plug. The carving adds a folksy charm to this large musket. The tang is held in place from a screw that engages the tang from the bottom passing through the front of the triggerguard, and this technique continued on later Trade Guns.

The bottom view shows the wide flat buttplate with rounded toe and early style brass triggerguard with simple rounded finials. A single domed screw secures the grip rail of the trigger guard. The front bolt engages the breech plug tang. A long steel ramrod passes through three brass ramrod pipes with ringed ends. No entry pipe is used. The ramrod is fitted with a flared loading tip and the hidden end has a slot cut in it for a cleaning patch. The side panel is fitted with a simplified brass serpentine sideplate, inlet flush with the wood and lightly engraved. A similar sideplate is shown on an 1690 period doglock musket in North West Guns, by Hanson. Doglock muskets were obsolete after introduction of the Brown Bess musket, and they were imported into Canada and the American colonies, for trade during the 1720 to 1750 period. Notice that three lock bolts retain this early flint doglock. The third screw engages and retains the tail of the lock.

Hand assembled, this doglock has a heavy mainspring and crisp action. The doglock received its name because of the manually operated dog shaped cock catch, or thumb lever, which locks the cock at the full-cock. This lock does not have a half-cock notch cut in the tumbler. Highly polished bright steel, the flat faced lock is marked I COOKSON after an antique example. The flash pan has no bridle to support the frizzen, a common feature of early English locks. We recommend our #FLINT-AMBER-8 musket flints. The direct drilled touch hole is centered and positioned high above the bottom of the pan, for fast ignition. The trigger has a heavy pull, in true military fashion.

In very good condition, with a few handling marks and a bright clean bore, this musket is ready for your next reenactment. Order it for a ten day visual inspection. You will be delighted. Else if it does not fit you, return it in unfired condition for same-day refund. Postage is your only risk, when you order any one-of-a-kind gun from Track, whether new, used, or antique.