Original U.S. Civil War Era Springfield Model 1842 Percussion Musket Half-Stocked for Hunting - dated 1851 British Awards Medals Badges Insignia 3rd Infantry and the 2nd

3rd Infantry and the 2nd Armored Divisions

It has a thinner blade with no raised ricasso

Offered in excellent overall condition

These were last knowingly used by Dervish horseman when attacking British Infantry at the Battle of Omdurman in 1898

Original U.S. Civil War Era Springfield Model 1842 Percussion Musket Half-Stocked for Hunting - dated 1851 British Awards Medals Badges Insignia 3rd Infantry and the 2ndOriginal 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