Original Civil War Era Austrian Model 1849 Percussion Converted Musket Half-Stocked Post War U.S. Air Force The barrel is clad in

The barrel is clad in matured rich brown leather with most of the stitching intact

Placed on board HMS Winchelsea (1764) he was rated Midshipman in November 1770

and their association with Custer’s cavalry and Wilder’s famous Lightning Brigade make them very desirable collector’s items

who served as a company runner with the 5th Marine Regiment

Original Civil War Era Austrian Model 1849 Percussion Converted Musket Half-Stocked Post War U.S. Air Force The barrel is clad inOriginal Item: Only One Available. Just received out of an old attic, along with about a hundred other guns, this is a typical example of an Austrian Musket imported for the civil war. This lock is faintly dated 855 for 1855, along with an Austro Hungarian Empire Eagle proof on the lock plate tail. Markings on the lock indiciate that at one point it definitely had a flash pan and frizzen, so this was converted from Flintlock to Percussion for the