Original U.S. Civil War Era Springfield Model 1842 Percussion Musket by Harpers Ferry Armory - Dated 1852 Original Antique Guns The metalwork overall still shows

The metalwork overall still shows much of the original bright finish

Before Europeans came to the continent

Part of the rigging however is the darker OD #7

This lovely British Flintlock Blunderbuss was made to order in 1747

but I wasn’t going to take any chances on being re-assigned to some other outfit

Original U.S. Civil War Era Springfield Model 1842 Percussion Musket by Harpers Ferry Armory - Dated 1852 Original Antique Guns The metalwork overall still showsOriginal item: One Only. The US Model 1842 Musket was a . 69 caliber musket manufactured and used in the United States during the 19th Century. It was a continuation of the Model 1816 line of muskets but is generally referred to by its own model number rather than just a variant of the Model 1816. All of these muskets were 58 inches long, with a barrel around 42 inches in length. The Model 1842 was the last U. S. smoothbore musket produced. Many