Antique Combination Tool for Percussion Muskets

Original Item: Genuine antique combination tool for percussion muskets and rifles as made by the East India Company. This tool has six included tools: combination drift and wiper storage; screwdriver; spanner wrench for the spanner nut (“bun nut”) that retains the hammer; socket tool for nipple installation and removal; hinged sharp pin for cleaning the nipple flash channel; a square central hole that allows the tool to be used as a wrench for turning the cleaning/charging rod while cleaning the bore or drawing a charge. The use of the bun nut was characteristic of East India Company manufacture. Flintlock and percussion muskets and rifles were often supplied with what the British called a “wiper” but which we call a “worm.” The primary function of the wiper was to aid in cleaning the bore. In use, the wiper screwed onto the end of the cleaning/charging rod. A quantity of tow or a scrap of fabric was wound around the wiper to perform the cleaning. The wiper/worm was also sometimes used