Original Civil War Era French Mle 1842 Percussion Rifled Musket by Schopen of Liège Rear Sight Assembly This is a fantastic piece

This is a fantastic piece of both Japanese WWII aviation history and American Naval History

Length: 1103 mm

25 lbs (+/- 0

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Original Civil War Era French Mle 1842 Percussion Rifled Musket by Schopen of Liège Rear Sight Assembly This is a fantastic pieceOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a standard French Model of 1842 Short Artillery Rifled Musket with a back action lock, just received out of a collection. These were usually produced as smoothbore long muskets, but the export trade required rifles, indicating this was possibly made for export to the U. S.. It is fully steel mounted and does bear a maker marking on the lock plate: SCHOPEN A LIGE, indicating manufacture in Belgium in the gun