My poor ‘73 Spanish Contract musket build has been sitting in my safe for too long unfortunately but I’ve been inspired by a new show on the Discovery channel called Master Of Arms. It’s a not so great ripoff of Forged in Fire which is actually a very good show. The 3 judges, who are not really qualified imo, give the 2 finalists some pretty tough builds, a flintlock Kentucky/Pennsylvania rifle with a bayonet [why] and a flintlock grenade launcher for two, a pretty neat naval gun. They had to build the flintlock lock [sans flint] from a can of undrilled, untapped, unhardened parts and didn’t know if their frizzen was right until the judging when a flint was installed. A lot of wood work and metal work over so many hours. Some of the build is from raw stock and some from premade parts. Anyway, my cas/wasa club shoots in 2 weeks so my plan is to finish my build and shoot the match with it. I couldn’t find the darn buttstock screws so I’ve robbed them from my other ‘73 but I ordered some replacements today. Been working on the buttstock this afternoon, it was in the rough and way too proud on the tangs and steel carbine buttplate so I’ve been filing and sanding. Thinking that I’ll leave it wood a little proud as a ‘for export’ 1873 musket wouldn’t necessarily be as well fitted as a domestic rifle would have been. Give those two shows a look. Photos soon.