Original 17th Century Italian Engraved Snaphaunce Musket Lock - Fully Functional French Antique Guns action is tight

action is tight

it returned home with its owner

and the tresse has definitely oxidized

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Original 17th Century Italian Engraved Snaphaunce Musket Lock - Fully Functional French Antique Guns action is tightOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This is an amazing 17th Century Italian snaphaunce lock, unsigned but beautifully made and fully functional! The lock plate measures 6 1 4" by 1 3 4", which would definitely indicate it is for a sizeable gun, most likely a musket or carbine of some sort. There are holes for two lock screws, which both still show faint threads, but would almost certainly need to be re threaded if this was to be fitted to a stock and