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CIVIL WAR PRUSSIAN Antique POTSDAM Model 1809/31 Percussion INFANTRY Musket Made Circa 1839 at the Armory at Potsdam
Guns International #: 101712853 Seller's Inventory #: 210175
Category: Civil War Rifles - Antique Rifles - 1500-1850
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Seller: AncestryGunsLLC
Company: Ancestry Guns LLC
Member Since: 11/3/16
State: Missouri
Zip: 65203
Country: United States
Phone: (314) 707-7373
International Phone: 314-707-7373
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Description:
CIVIL WAR PRUSSIAN Antique POTSDAM Model 1809/31 Percussion INFANTRY Musket
Made Circa 1839 at the Armory at Potsdam
Here we present an antique Percussion Prussian Potsdam Model 1809/31 Musket, manufactured circa 1839 at the Prussian armory at Potsdam. The Potzdam musket was the standard infantry weapon of the Royal Prussian Army from the 18th century until the military reforms of the 1840s. Four models were produced at Potsdam, including the Model 1723, the Model 1740, the Model 1809, and the Model 1831, as is this one.
The Model 1809 was originally made in the flintlock format, with production after 1831 changing the name to the Model 1809/31 and shifting to the more modern and reliable percussion firing system. This musket would have been used in Prussian conflicts during the 1840s and 50s, including the Egyptian-Ottoman War, the Greater Poland Uprising, the Revolutions of 1848, and the First Schleswig War, before being sold to the United States government in the first years of the American Civil War. Though thoroughly obsolete, both the Union and the Confederacy were desperate for small arms as the South had little capability to make their own and the North had to scramble to ramp up their own production.
The overall condition is good. Excellent action. Good bore. The stock is in good shape with an expected amount of wear. “1839” dated barrel and buttplate tang. This example is littered with proof marks. The barrel tang has been repaired at some point in the past.
Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.
Barrel is 26 inches.
Caliber: .72 percussion
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$1200
#210175
SOLD
Antique: Yes