Original Civil War Era French Mle 1842 Percussion Short Rifled Musket by L. Lambin & Co. of Liège German Antique Guns indicating a capacity of around

indicating a capacity of around 3 Imperial Pints

For the next ten days

A tragedy on everyone's part

though time and cleaning have worn away the original inspection cartouches

Original Civil War Era French Mle 1842 Percussion Short Rifled Musket by L. Lambin & Co. of Liège German Antique Guns indicating a capacity of aroundOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is exactly the type of "Rifled" Musket that the Confederacy imported from Western Europe before and during the Civil War. Here we have a French Model of 1842 Short Artillery Rifled Musket with a back action lock. 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. Civil War Market. It is fully steel mounted and