Item Description
Original Item: One of a Kind. This is an old lady, dating to the 1830s or 1840s, now in smooth bore but may have started as a rifle in the beginning. The very heavy octagonal barrel measures 33 1/2" and the weapon is 51" in overall length. The percussion lock is a Trade lock still bearing WARRANTED and is also engraved with a Maker's name that starts with a "W", but appears to have been altered.
The musket features all brass mounts: trigger guard, ram rod pipes, with the butt plate and nicely fretted out patch box to butt. A button on the top of the butt unlatches the patch box, which is spring loaded, though the latch sticks open sometimes. This old girl has seen service and displays cracks in the wood, with a slight wood losses on the fore stocks left side.
With such a heavy iron barrel she came right off someone's mantle and that is exactly where she needs to end up her days.
A fine bit of early Americana, Ready to display.
Specifications:
Year of Manufacture: circa 1835
Caliber: approximately .50cal. Worn Away rifling.
Ammunition Type: .48 Lead Ball & Powder
Overall Length: 33 1/2 inches
Overall Length: 50 inches
Action: Flint-lock
Feed System: Muzzle-Loaded
NOTE: International orders of antique firearms MUST be shipped using UPS WW Services (courier). USPS Priority Mail international will not accept these.
- This product is available for international shipping.
IMA considers all of our antique guns as non-firing, inoperable and/or inert. Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 921(a)(16) defines antique firearms as all guns made prior to 1899. This law exempts antique firearms from any form of gun control or special engineering because they are not legally considered firearms. No FFL, C&R or any license is required to possess, transport, sell or trade Antique guns. All rifles and muskets sold by IMA that were manufactured prior to 1899 are considered Antiques by the US BATF (United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms). Therefore, all of IMA's Antique guns may be shipped to all US States and most nations around the world.
These antique guns are not sold in "live" condition. They are sold as collector's items or as "wall hangers". Any attempt at restoring an antique gun to be operational is strongly discouraged and is done so at the risk of the customer. By purchasing an antique gun from IMA you thereby release IMA, its employees and corporate officers from any and all liability associated with use of our Antique guns.
Pre-1899 Manufacture, no licenses required, allowed to ship to almost any deliverable address across the globe. Please note that for international shipping, these MUST be shipped using UPS WW Services.
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