Loading a musket after De Gheyn II

 Musket drill by Compagnie te Voet 

Wheellock pistols.

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 Shoppe, Inc. - Wheellocks so aome but if you know of any let me know.
 Thirty Years War Reenactment Facebook

Old Guard Manufacture do one I see. Facebook

Pike and Shield 1618

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

Gerard Dou - Officer of the Marksman Society in Leiden

 circa 1630

Jan Bruegel il giovane (attr.), allegoria dell'aria e del fuoco, 1650-60 ca

 Jan Brueghel the Younger - Wikipedia

Muskets with rests

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

Royal Armouries

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

Tropper's sword Oxford Blues

 Troopers Sword of The Earl Of Oxford's Regiment Of Horse, Rare. SN 914 – West Street Antiques

by Graham Turner

Wars of Louis Quatorze: Earl of Oxford's Regiment 1685

French M1717

 

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 fusil 1697

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

Mémoires d’artillerie de Surirey de Saint Rémy

David Teniers the Younger (1610–1690) The Guardhouse.1640–1650.

 

Brown Bess

 Origins of the term here at Brown Bess - Wikipedia

British military longarms, 1715-1815, De Witt Bailey is a good book on the subject.

The Duke of Marlborough's bayonets

Article from Skirmish magazine

 

'The Perfection of Military Discipline. The Plug Bayonet and the English Army 1669-1705'

 This was a good book I thought. Details here

Traite des armes Girard

 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: Teaching the manner of fighting with the small-sword, all the foreign guards, the Sword, the Pikes, the Halberds, Bayonets at the end of the Flintlock Musket, Flail & Batons with two ends: Together to make with good grace the Salutes of Sword, the Exercise of the Flintlock Musket & that of the Grenade, such as they are practiced today in the military Art of France

Brown Bess

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 the history of the term Brown Bess here

Could this be the sword of King Charles II and how did it end up in Castleford?

 Article here. Thanks to Jonathan Cridge from the Monmouth Rebellion group.

Quad-barreled pistols

 Steve Carter author of Fighting for Liberty and One King and the recent Science of Arms has been visiting the Musée de l'Armée Paris and he found these pistols -  he notes in his books that these were documented in use at the skirmish at Ashill by some of Monmouth's cavalry as well as double-barreled carbines. 

Incredibly Rare King William III Period Flintlock Musket

 

Dragoon sword c1700

 National Army Museum for more details