Original French M1777 Flintlock Musket Converted to Rifle in 1822 U.S. Marines USMC for deer hunting

for deer hunting

Fullered blade bearing faint original British markings

220 m/s with a 46 g bullet

These brocade straps feature textured aluminum in good condition

Original French M1777 Flintlock Musket Converted to Rifle in 1822 U.S. Marines USMC for deer huntingOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a fascinating antique long gun. It is French and was made at the Royal Armories at St. Etienne as the line Musket adopted in 1777. As such it could have seen service during the later part of the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolution itself and right through the Napoleonic era that culminated with the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. After Napoleon was finally exiled to St. Helena this musket, together