Original French Napoleonic M-1777 Charleville St. Etienne Flintlock Musket dated 1811 Scottish Militaria ready to attach

ready to attach

where this was possibly a hand hold for the original owner

000 casualties

meaning "middle sized"

comes with the appropriate iron carriage on wooden spoke steel tire wheels complete with brass data plate that reads:

Original French Napoleonic M-1777 Charleville St. Etienne Flintlock Musket dated 1811 Scottish Militaria ready to attachOriginal 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