CIVIL WAR Era Antique FRENCH M1822 .69 Percussion Conversion RIFLED MUSKET 1840 Dated French Army LINE INFANTRY Musket

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CIVIL WAR Era Antique FRENCH M1822 .69 Percussion Conversion RIFLED MUSKET

1840 Dated French Army LINE INFANTRY Musket

Here Ancestry Guns presents an antique French Model 1822 Flintlock to Percussion Conversion Rifled Musket, made circa 1840 at one of the French arsenals and arsenal updated & converted to percussion circa the 1840s-50s prior to the start of the American Civil War. These obsolete muskets were imported to the U.S. Ordnance Department and the Confederacy by the thousands during the first few months of the American Civil War. The French Model 1822 was the last flintlock infantry musket to see widespread use in the French army and remained in production for about 2 decades, finally being officially replaced by the very short lived Model 1840 percussion musket.

As originally produced, the Model 1822 was a flintlock with a conventional forward action lock, a .69 smooth bore, and a 42” barrel for the line infantry and a 40” barrel for the Voltiguers, or light infantry. The M1822 was the pinnacle of development for the flintlock infantry musket in French service and so impressed the U.S. Ordnance Department that the U.S. Model 1835/40 flintlock musket was based upon the Model 1822. When the new percussion firing system started being produced, the French, as with most of the military powers in the world, found themselves with thousands of now obsolete flintlock military muskets and no easy or inexpensive way to replace them with new percussion models.

This example has the barrel dated “1840” at the breech and stock proofed "BS/39". There are faint cartouches in the stock with the buttplate marked “3488/1838”.

The overall condition is good. Strong action. Mixed gray and dark patinas. Replacement nipple. The bore is in good shape for its age. This example sports a solid stock with average handling wear. Grain splits are present on the left flat and left/right buttstock. Missing chip under the nose of the lock. Two cartouches are present in the cheek rest well.

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Barrel is 42 inches.

Caliber: .69 Percussion

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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$1200

#264063

 

Antique: Yes

Price: $1,200.00
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