Original U.S. Civil War Era Springfield Model 1842 Percussion Musket Half-Stocked for Hunting - dated 1851 MG 08-15 Maxim Facing only two US companies

Facing only two US companies

The Unit was officially designated as the "5307th Composite Unit (Provisional)" Code Name: "GALAHAD"

During the unsuccessful defense of the Indies

Metallwarenfabrik

The bottom marking indicates that the shell was made by Atelier de Construction de Rennes

Original U.S. Civil War Era Springfield Model 1842 Percussion Musket Half-Stocked for Hunting - dated 1851 MG 08-15 Maxim Facing only two US companiesOriginal 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