![Sold at Auction: A Brown Bess flintlock hammer action musket the lock stamped 'TOWER' and with crown over 'GR' cypher, Sold at Auction: A Brown Bess flintlock hammer action musket the lock stamped 'TOWER' and with crown over 'GR' cypher,](https://image.invaluable.com/housePhotos/martelmaidesauctions/32/661532/H1117-L214042308.jpg)
Sold at Auction: A Brown Bess flintlock hammer action musket the lock stamped 'TOWER' and with crown over 'GR' cypher,
![This 18th-century flintlock rifle is a gem. The flint attached to the hammer strikes the steel frizzen and creates a shower of sparks that ignite the powder in the barrel. - Mississippi This 18th-century flintlock rifle is a gem. The flint attached to the hammer strikes the steel frizzen and creates a shower of sparks that ignite the powder in the barrel. - Mississippi](https://i0.wp.com/www.ms-sportsman.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/p1288297182.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1)
This 18th-century flintlock rifle is a gem. The flint attached to the hammer strikes the steel frizzen and creates a shower of sparks that ignite the powder in the barrel. - Mississippi
![Italian Snaphaunce Flintlock Pistol, Raised Faces on Hammer and Frizzen, F931, AAAWT Antique Associates at West Townsend Italian Snaphaunce Flintlock Pistol, Raised Faces on Hammer and Frizzen, F931, AAAWT Antique Associates at West Townsend](https://www.aaawt.com/html/firearms/images/Flintlock-Pistol,-Italian,-Snaphaunce_facing-right_308-412.jpg)