Original U.S. Civil War Era Springfield Model 1842 Percussion Rifled Musket with Replaced Stock U.S. Antique Guns which had been converted to

which had been converted to percussion sometime in the 1830s and issued into East India Company service

The "ENGAGED" stamping at the end of the cylinder is however mostly worn away

We aren't sure when the crosses were applied and could have been done for Vietnam as these helmets were still in use into the 1970s

He returned Stateside in Dec 1943

Original U.S. Civil War Era Springfield Model 1842 Percussion Rifled Musket with Replaced Stock U.S. Antique Guns which had been converted toOriginal item: One Only. The US Model 1842 Musket was a . 69 caliber musket manufactured and used in the United States during the 19th Century. It was a continuation of the Model 1816 line of muskets but is generally referred to by its own model number rather than just a variant of the Model 1816. All of these muskets were 58 inches long, with a barrel around 42 inches in length. The Model 1842 was the last U. S. smoothbore musket produced. Many