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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Videos: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message Icon:                             Message: Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by BookwormMG[/i] [br]In the New Mexico History Museum I saw several 18th-century Spanish flintlock muskets, all of which differed from their North American counterparts in at least one feature: Instead of the finial that's used to pull back the hammer on the flintlocks that we're familiar with, they had a circular or oval ring. Apologies, reenactors, for my clumsy terminology, but you probably know what I'm talking about. Here's a picture I found via Google: http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/scarce-spanish-flintlock-musket Presumably the Spanish saw an advantage to this design, but I don't see what it would be. Of course I've never fired a flintlock of any sort, so I hope that some who have will offer their thoughts on the subject. [/quote]    Upload an Image File From Your PC For Insertion in Your Post    -  HTML is OFF | Forum Code is ON   Check here to include your profile signature.