Original U.S. Civil War Era Austrian Percussion Rifled Musket Converted for Civilian Use - dated 1852 Napoleonic Government for issue to FIRST

Government for issue to FIRST and SECOND Regiments of the Illinois Cavalry between 1855 and 1856

Wärtsilä was capable of delivering complete helmets to the army

it had been rendered still more formidable by artificial means

The COLT'S PATENT marking is intact as well

These etchings run the gamut from simple designs featuring the standard remembrance

Original U.S. Civil War Era Austrian Percussion Rifled Musket Converted for Civilian Use - dated 1852 Napoleonic Government for issue to FIRSTOriginal Item: Only One Available. Like so many of the Muskets and rifles imported for the U. S. Civil War, once the war had been concluded in 1865 found their way onto the Civilian market. The guns were altered for frontier life, meant to put food on the table and defend against Indians and Bandits. The example we offer here is of Austrian style manufacture, most of which were imported by the Confederate States, who did not have the North's