Original U.S. WWII 101st Airborne Division Paratrooper D-Day Invasion Signaling Cricket Clicker Clacker German Edged Weapons so they were then mated

so they were then mated with the stock from an earlier Springfield Allin Conversion of a Model 1861 Rifled Musket

Manufactured and dated 1849 the percussion lock bears Crown over V

The mechanism is relatively simple and has it's own levering system to draw back the cord into the "loaded" position (certainly not recommended as this is nearly 300 years old)

new made non-functional BATF approved tube with new made ball

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