Original U.S. Civil War Era Springfield Model 1842 Percussion Musket Half-Stocked for Hunting - dated 1851 Brown Bess Musket Parts Army of Occupation Medal with

Army of Occupation Medal with Germany and Japan Clasps

The throat of this example is slightly unusual in that both sides of the throat cantilever over the scabbard edges quite a bit

This 1895 dated Martini-Enfield rifle is a conversion of the Zulu War era

though over the decades both have faded to a mottled gray

the proof page of my jacket

Original U.S. Civil War Era Springfield Model 1842 Percussion Musket Half-Stocked for Hunting - dated 1851 Brown Bess Musket Parts Army of Occupation Medal withOriginal item: Only One Available. This just came out of the attic after a hundred years of storage, together with a couple of hundred other guns. It has been cleaned to present as a very nice example of a post war "Half Stocked" conversion of a Civil War Era Springfield Model 1842 musket. The US Model 1842 Muskets 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