Description
seventy-seven were killed
its artillery function was absorbed by the Royal Artillery
Research reveals that serial number 76279 dates to year of manufacture of 1897
which is common for a 100+ year old piece of rubber which becomes extremely fragile with age
" with a letter cover franking or stamp showing a circled "WASHINGTON CITY DC" around "JAN" and now some unreadable date
Original U.S. Civil War Era Springfield Model 1842 Percussion Musket by Harpers Ferry Armory - dated 1852 Sten Gun seventy-seven were killedOriginal 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