Original U.S. Civil War Era French Modèle 1822T bis Percussion Converted Pistol made at Mutzig Arsenal Category_Snider Rifle Parts His resistant eventually became too

His resistant eventually became too much to bear

particularly for knives

with showing ancient pitting and powder burns

with the expected wear and deterioration from age and use

At that rate of manufacture we feel late 1889 is the correct timeframe

Original U.S. Civil War Era French Modèle 1822T bis Percussion Converted Pistol made at Mutzig Arsenal Category_Snider Rifle Parts His resistant eventually became tooOriginal Item: Only One Available As used in the U. S. Civil War. This is very unusual and interesting, having been both rifled and converted to percussion. It is also what company director Christian Cranmer calls a "sleeper", waiting for someone to wake it up and restore it, however in this case we thought it was better left alone. It has a fantastic patina of age, looking like it was on a wall display for a long period of time, possibly with candles