CIVIL WAR PRUSSIAN Antique NEISSE ARMORY M1809 Percussion CONVERSION Musket Converted from FLINTLOCK and made Circa 1821

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CIVIL WAR PRUSSIAN Antique NEISSE ARMORY M1809 Percussion CONVERSION Musket

Converted from FLINTLOCK and made Circa 1821

Here Ancestry Guns presents an antique Prussian Neisse Armory Model 1809 Percussion Conversion Musket, manufactured circa 1821 at the Prussian armory at Neisse. This example would have started out life as a flintlock and then converted for use in the American Civil War. This 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 and Neyse, including the Model 1723, the Model 1740, the Model 1809, as is this one, 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The Model 1809 was originally made in the flintlock format, with production after 1831 changing the name to the Model 1809/31 and shifting to the more modern and reliable percussion firing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 battling parties 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.

This example has the barrel dated “1821” and “1843” with “4” stamped on buttplate tang.

The overall condition is good. Mixed gray and brown patinas. Strong action. Bright, shiny and crisply rifled bore. Markings are legible. The stock is solid with stable repairs to the wrist. A spilt is present on the left flat. This example is shortened and the front sight is absent. The front of the trigger guard has been repaired.

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Barrel is 33 inches.

Caliber: .69 percussion

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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$1400

#265009
 

Antique: Yes

Price: $1,400.00
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