Original Rare War of 1812 U.S. Model 1808 Contract Flintlock Musket by Ethan Stillman of Burlington, CT - Dated 1812 Snider Rifles & Bayonets They had fought their way

They had fought their way onto the huge outcropping on Monte Cassino

There is a tag sewn into the interior of the uniform reading 135066 which is likely a soldier’s number

and used rivet retained bakelite for the grips

Schilling and Spangenberg & Sauer

with no major cracking or damage that we can see

Original Rare War of 1812 U.S. Model 1808 Contract Flintlock Musket by Ethan Stillman of Burlington, CT - Dated 1812 Snider Rifles & Bayonets They had fought their wayOriginal item: One of a Kind. Now this is something we do not see every day! This is a very early American Flintlock Musket, made very much in the style of the Model 1795 patterned not long after the end of the U. S. Revolution. At the time the Arsenal and Armory at Springfield was still relatively small, so due to this there were often contracts issued for this and later muskets. Gunmaker Ethan Stillman of Burlington, Connecticut received a contract