"The Ketland" Flintlock Rifle.

[tacfoley]

Okay...Andy has come back to me with this -

tac,
The first thought that comes to mind is that Ketland only made the lock not the whole rifle.

While looking through the book "English Guns and Rifles" by J.N. George ... I come across several references to "Screw Barrel" rifles and "Screw Plug" rifles ... both systems seem to have been popular to experiment with during the flintlock era...
A picture of the rifle would be a big help....
I would be happy to look more into this rifle as more information is available.
Andy

Over to you.

tac

[tacfoley]

This is from my contact, Doug [aka Mooncoon], on Vancouver Island BC -


I had a look in Flaydermann's Guide and didn't see anything listed. Also did a google search and found the description you posted but no photos. There was also a hit for Ketland breach loading with a link to images but the images seemed to be for breach loading guns only and nothing that was specific to Ketland. I am guessing the gun in your description may have been a trial model and never produced in large numbers. It does sound slow to load if you have to unscrew the breach to load. I wish I could help you more

cheers mooncoon


tac