Original U.S. Civil War Era Springfield Model 1842 Percussion Musket Cut-down for Hunting - dated 1852 Lanchester SMG Features the classic front sight

Features the classic front sight and "semi-buckhorn" style rear sight

The internals are a bit rusty

- Clear grain ("hada") in the body of the blade

Canteen consists of two circular sections of pressed tin-plated steel

Original U.S. Civil War Era Springfield Model 1842 Percussion Musket Cut-down for Hunting - dated 1852 Lanchester SMG Features the classic front sightOriginal item: Only One Available. Well these do not come out of the attic that often but here it is. Deliberately NOT CLEANED so you can all see what nearly 200 years of attic storage does to anything left to itself. It presents quite well as is, or could be cleaned up into a real showpiece. 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