Quote Originally Posted by Curt-Heinrich Schmidt View Post
Hallo!

Meaning, anything is possible, but not everything is probable. And it depends where one's philosophies or Mental Pictures lie on the scale between possible and probable. And, is further complicated by the scale of whether one chooses to lean toward the researched and documented in portraying or presenting a likely or common impression. Or, a fiction that is possible but not so probable such as when I met Samuel Richardson, he gave me his
jaguar chaps.

Not knocking the choice, just pointing out the differences.

Yes, it is "possible"... that a brass mounted Waters made M1842 or better yet a brass mounted Palmetto musket or later rifled and sighted PAlmetto musket ended up damaged and in a CS armory or contracted gunsmith to be broken down for repair parts- particularly a South Carolina one. And later ended up recycled in such-and-such unit at so-and-so place, at this-or-that time. CHS
Thank you Blair, Curt, and Craig for your insight and depth of knowledge. I guess this is how using too much assumption and too little research can land you in the hot house! Because Flayderman listed Flagg and Waters as contractors for the M1842 and other examples I found, led me to believe these brass mounted muskets were more common. It also made sense to me that few of these muskets would have survived to end up on a museum wall/collection do to the fact that soon after being re-worked/repaired they would have gone right back into service. Much like sky blue trousers. They were one of the most produced items, but the rarest to find now like new.