Phiip McBride
Corporal
- Joined
- Jan 17, 2014
- Location
- Lockhart, Texas
I attended a small reenactment in Temple, Texas this past weekend. I had a table set up to peddle my Civil War novels and had my reproduction Austrian Lorenz musket laid on the table as a "hook" to attract spectators to stop and chat.
A fellow walked up with a musket, which I quickly recognized as looking like mine that was on the table. He passed it to me and said it was an original Austrian Lorenz and was looking to sell it for $1,500.
I handled it and laid it next to my reproduction model on the table. At ten feet they look the same, at five feet only a sharp-eye would pick up the variances. At three feet I could note this detail and that detail as being different.
So, here's your test: Which one is the real 160 year old musket and which is the 7 year old reproduction?
A fellow walked up with a musket, which I quickly recognized as looking like mine that was on the table. He passed it to me and said it was an original Austrian Lorenz and was looking to sell it for $1,500.
I handled it and laid it next to my reproduction model on the table. At ten feet they look the same, at five feet only a sharp-eye would pick up the variances. At three feet I could note this detail and that detail as being different.
So, here's your test: Which one is the real 160 year old musket and which is the 7 year old reproduction?