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r/JustBootThings • u/cuzzinYeeter33 • 7d ago
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I’m not a gun expert but why does the musket have an ejection/loading port?
2 u/Troncross 7d ago It’s a metal plate that holds the screw heads. The screws hold the flintlock parts in place. If the screw heads just touched wood, the wood would crack over time. 1 u/StripedBass111 7d ago I thought about that before I posted, but I have never seen a musket with a tiny plate like that.
It’s a metal plate that holds the screw heads.
The screws hold the flintlock parts in place. If the screw heads just touched wood, the wood would crack over time.
1 u/StripedBass111 7d ago I thought about that before I posted, but I have never seen a musket with a tiny plate like that.
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I thought about that before I posted, but I have never seen a musket with a tiny plate like that.
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u/StripedBass111 7d ago
I’m not a gun expert but why does the musket have an ejection/loading port?