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I agree with both PSR & your own opinions on this set. It is very good indeed!! Only way I could see it of being improved was maybe another pose moving/running forward & a casualty pose! Otherwise all good.
And like you the only real issue I had was the muskets not being quite as good as they could be, but that has been a reasonably common issue with all the recent Napoleonic sets. They are "fair" rather than very good.
I would also of liked to have had bayonets fixed so as to have the option of having them or not. But in this instance it wasn't a deal breaker.
Fixed bayonets however is a must for the British light infantry (such as the 52nd regt) & also perhaps for the French Voltigeurs you mention. Less so for the British riflemen & Prussian jager but again, fix them then we have the option.
The sculptor should also remember that the British riflemen had sword bayonets, not the usual infantry types. Perhaps a pose with a riflemen actually using his sword bayonet in anger would be something a little different.
Agree with most of the abovementioned contributors observations. I have just finished painting up this set and I for one am not disappointed about the muskets. I have a clear barrel, brass fittings and even a visible firing lock. I don't miss the bayonets on these figures. Obviously their use could be much broader if they had had bayonets fitted(i.e. as musketeers) and frankly I hope that the wintercoats are all fitted with bayonets, but for their intended purpose, I find them in line with PSR a great set. I too hope for similar quality sets for British and King's German rifles and Austrian and Prussian jaeger. Top marks from me for Strelets(whatever that might be worth).