Original Civil War Era French Mle 1842 Percussion Short Rifled Musket by E. Monseur of Liège - CSA Marked Fusee Spring & Cover 577 cal Snider Rifle from

577 cal Snider Rifle from our Nepal cache purchase showing original British Victorian Lock markings

sickle and hammer

indicating manufacture by Berndorfer Metal-Warenfabrik A Krupp AG in Berndorf

The throat is the narrow style

with a white diamond containing a black swas (hook cross)

Original Civil War Era French Mle 1842 Percussion Short Rifled Musket by E. Monseur of Liège - CSA Marked Fusee Spring & Cover 577 cal Snider Rifle fromOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is exactly the type of "Rifled" Musket that the Confederacy imported from Western Europe before and during the Civil War. Here we have a French Model of 1842 Short Artillery Rifled Musket with a back action lock. These were usually produced as smoothbore long muskets, but the export trade required rifles, indicating this was possibly made for export to the U. S. Civil War Market. It is fully steel mounted and