Original French Charleville Musket Converted to Experimental Breech Loading Pinfire Carbine c.1822 / 1860 U.S. Antique Guns and trigger guard all bear

and trigger guard all bear the serial number 160000 clearly

or similar

Within those were a very few original British made P-1888 Lee Metford Mk1* rifles and

and could only observe the fighting going on below

Original French Charleville Musket Converted to Experimental Breech Loading Pinfire Carbine c.1822 / 1860 U.S. Antique Guns and trigger guard all bearOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This came to us recently from a private Military Museum, amassed after WWII. We can barely imagine where this old boy acquired so many virtually unique forearms in just wonderful condition. This is very RARE, perhaps one of a few TRIALS Pieces dating perhaps to the late 1850's or early 1860's. This appears to have started life as a Flintlock Charleville Musket, but may also just have been assembled from Flintlock parts.