Original U.S. Civil War Era Swiss Model 1842 Percussion Musket Half-Stocked for Civilian Use Receivers The grip is heavily checkered

The grip is heavily checkered and the iron lock is stamped H over 1852 with the serial number 625 across the tail

Monday September 29

I didn't want to get engaged because I just figured I wasn't going to -- going to make it and no use trying to do anything

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secured in 1871 and 1873

Original U.S. Civil War Era Swiss Model 1842 Percussion Musket Half-Stocked for Civilian Use Receivers The grip is heavily checkeredOriginal Item: Only One Available. We just received this lovely Antique Converted musket, along with about 200 other guns, from a collection that sat in an attic for close to 100 years. This percussion musket was probably imported into the United States in the late 1850's, most likely by the Confederate States for use against the Yankees in the Civil War. This musket was made in Switzerland and still bears the Swiss Regimental markings on the trigger