Original French Napoleonic M-1777 Charleville St. Etienne Flintlock Musket with Bayonet dated 1811 British Field Gear Inertia carries the bolt backwards

Inertia carries the bolt backwards until the base of the fired case hits the ejector flinging the empty out of the receiver

There are areas of staining and light pitting

other tools and solvent bottles

The 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) was activated on July 20

but a rare and superior 'Grand Cross' was also awarded

Original French Napoleonic M-1777 Charleville St. Etienne Flintlock Musket with Bayonet dated 1811 British Field Gear Inertia carries the bolt backwardsOriginal Item: Only One Available as used in the American Revolution and Napoleonic war. Once as numerous as Brown Bess Muskets the French M1777 equivalent was referred to as the CHARLEVILLE Musket. However. Charleville was only one of the manufacturing Arsenals, the predominant one being St. Etienne. This example has all steel mounts, brass mounts were generally only used for Naval issue, the lock is marked Manuf. Imp. de St. Etienne, the barrel tang