Original U.S. Civil War M1842 Cut-down Percussion Musket by Harpers Ferry in Grade 2 "As Found" Condition - dated 1850 Category_Fusee Spring & Cover After a short furlough home

After a short furlough home

chinstrap and felt cushions on the inside of the ear cups (so often missing or damaged)

The marking ZD 217 is there to enable the manufacturer and batch of steel from which any given helmet was manufactured to be identified easily

though a group volunteered to return to fight the fires that had broken out

The interior has a removable tray with multiple compartments

Original U.S. Civil War M1842 Cut-down Percussion Musket by Harpers Ferry in Grade 2 "As Found" Condition - dated 1850 Category_Fusee Spring & Cover After a short furlough homeOriginal item: One of a Kind. Over the years, IMA has purchased many collections and groups of antique guns, in which case we need to take all of them, as we did in Nepal. While these collections were generally full of guns that relatively good condition, they also had some that were less complete and unfortunately would take more restoration time than we were able to give them. We kept them in storage, possibly for future products, but have now