Original U.S. Civil War Era Springfield Model 1842 Percussion Musket by Springfield Armory - dated 1846 French Ordnance 500 from the unit stormed

500 from the unit stormed the Austrian trenches at Zborov in present-day Ukraine

The second button at 10 o'clock actually is a "lap" timer

If I supply hands for a ship

Butt Plate Screws

so it may just be that is what the owner preferred

Original U.S. Civil War Era Springfield Model 1842 Percussion Musket by Springfield Armory - dated 1846 French Ordnance 500 from the unit stormedOriginal 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