Original U.S. Springfield Model 1842 Percussion Rifled Musket by Springfield Armory - 1846 Dated - Civil War Era Antique Shotgun This lovely information can be

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2 of which are maker marked with Civil War manufacturer AM Flask & Cap Co

with a bent sheet iron butt plate

referring to the internal hammer of the firing mechanism

5-inch screw gun shells are zinc

Original U.S. Springfield Model 1842 Percussion Rifled Musket by Springfield Armory - 1846 Dated - Civil War Era Antique Shotgun This lovely information can beOriginal 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