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PRUSSIAN Antique POTSDAM Model 1809/31 Percussion INFANTRY Musket European Made Circa 1832 at the Armory at Potsdam
Guns International #: 101724845 Seller's Inventory #: 210158
Category: Antique Rifles - 1500-1850 - Antique Rifles - Percussion
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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
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Description:
PRUSSIAN Antique POTSDAM Model 1809/31 Percussion INFANTRY Musket European
Made Circa 1832 at the Armory at Potsdam
Here we present an antique Percussion Prussian Potsdam Model 1809/31 Musket, manufactured circa 1832 at the Prussian armory at Saarn. 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.
The Model 1809 was originally made in the flintlock format, with production after 1831 changing the name to the Model 1809/31 and shifting to the more modern and reliable percussion firing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 obsolete, both the Union and the Confederacy purchased muskets such as these as surplus as they were desperate for small arms. 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. Strong action. Good bore. The stock is stable throughout with visible proofs on the left wrist. “1832” is marked on the left barrel flat. “FW” for King Friedrich Wilhelm. This example sports a solid brass ramrod. A neat piece of European history!
Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.
Barrel is 41 inches.
Caliber: .75 percussion
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$1625
#210158
SOLD
Antique: Yes