Wars of Louis Quatorze

  Spanish Model 1757 Flintlock Musket - The American Revolution Institute

  Battle of Landen - Wikipedia  Today's anniversary Queen Dowager's 1690 One of the few reenactors of the 1690s. He has a repro Will...

  French Mod 1717 Inert Replica Musket

 This was the first regulated flintlock for the French. There is a two volume article (Pdfs) in French about this firearm by Jean Louis Viau...

  Musket drill by Compagnie te Voet  

I run a page on Facebook called Thirty Years War reenactment and someone was asking for a reasonably priced repro. I found the  The Rifle Sh...

  De exercitie met schild en spies: de soldaat brengt in drie tijden de spies weer terug in de rustpositie, eerste beweging (nr. 10), 1618 -...

  circa 1630

  Jan Brueghel the Younger - Wikipedia

 Are there any UK groups that do this? Just curious. I have seen it on the continent but not here.

  A glimpse into the life of our conservation team, and how they are repairing this 17th century matchlock from the Littlecote Collection.

  Troopers Sword of The Earl Of Oxford's Regiment Of Horse, Rare. SN 914 – West Street Antiques by Graham Turner Wars of Louis Quatorze:...

  While on the subject of the French army of the 1720s these repro M1717s are pretty desirable. Be usable for the 45 I think.

 French muskets were not regularized until the M1717. This image shows a flintlock with bayonet and sling swivel from 1697. Mémoires d’artil...

 

 Origins of the term here at  Brown Bess - Wikipedia British military longarms, 1715-1815, De Witt Bailey is a good book on the subject.

Article from Skirmish magazine  

 This was a good book I thought. Details here

 From 1740. Thanks to David Ledoyen for finding this. Here dedicated to the King, by Sr. P. J. F. Girard, Former Officer of the Navy: Teachi...

Read about the Brown Bess and the possible origins of the term in the wiki here Also there is an interesting article from Royal Armouries on...