Original U.S. Civil War Springfield M1842 Percussion Musket by Harpers Ferry in "As Found" Condition - dated 1854 Category_Rear Sight Assembly To the right of this

To the right of this is a metal stamped Waffenamt WaA101 stamping

however there definitely are repaired cracks in the wrist and around the barrels

This would ensure it wasn't dropped when being used to cut through parachute rigging

above serial number 302196

either prone or from inside a trench

Original U.S. Civil War Springfield M1842 Percussion Musket by Harpers Ferry in "As Found" Condition - dated 1854 Category_Rear Sight Assembly To the right of thisOriginal Item: Only One Available. Over the years, IMA has purchased many collections and groups of antique guns, in which case we need to take all of them, as we did in Nepal. While these collections were generally full of guns that relatively good condition, they also had some that were less complete and unfortunately would take more restoration time than we were able to give them. We kept them in storage, possibly for future products, but have now