Original U.S. Pennsylvania Half-Stock Percussion Musket with Heavy .50" Octagonal Smoothbore Barrel - c.1835 Japanese Ordnance clearing each force of bomber

clearing each force of bomber destroyers in their turn from Germany's skies throughout most of 1944

The helmet also bears a Hobson & Sons trade label inside the crown of the interior

The first Gras rifles used by the French Army were a conversion to center-fire of the Chassepot breech-loading rifle by Colonel Basile Gras

- Expandable tine cup with case

though they will be dirty and/or covered in grease

Original U.S. Pennsylvania Half-Stock Percussion Musket with Heavy .50" Octagonal Smoothbore Barrel - c.1835 Japanese Ordnance clearing each force of bomberOriginal 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