Original U.S. Civil War Era Austrian Percussion Rifled Musket Converted for Civilian Use - dated 1852 Napoleonic it had been rendered still

it had been rendered still more formidable by artificial means

with thousands of others fleeing the German advance

1945 and reads Last Day in Service Terminated Leave ended

The COLT'S PATENT marking is intact as well

Original U.S. Civil War Era Austrian Percussion Rifled Musket Converted for Civilian Use - dated 1852 Napoleonic it had been rendered stillOriginal Item: Only One Available. Like so many of the Muskets and rifles imported for the U. S. Civil War, once the war had been concluded in 1865 found their way onto the Civilian market. The guns were altered for frontier life, meant to put food on the table and defend against Indians and Bandits. The example we offer here is of Austrian style manufacture, most of which were imported by the Confederate States, who did not have the North's