The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State …
RevolutionaryWarDARRifle
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It was butche…erm… converted to percussion, probably sometime in the early-to-mid 1800s. Which kind of gives you an idea of how long-lasting a quality gun is: That gun that was manufactured prior to 1775, and was likely still in active use near the time of the Civil War, 90 years later. Based on the octagon to round barrel and the shape of the stock, it looks like it was originally a civilian fowling piece, then converted to musket use by chopping off a bit of the fore-stock to allow a socket bayonet to be fitted. Fowling pieces generally had the wood of the stock almost right at the muzzle, and that prevented them from accepting a bayonet, so often when used for military use they were cut back a bit, and if necessary, a lug or sight soldered to the barrel to mate with the channel in they bayonet.
It was subsequently converted to that newfangled persuction ignition system, which is a damned shame. ‘Cuz rock-locks rule.
It was butche…erm… converted to percussion, probably sometime in the early-to-mid 1800s. Which kind of gives you an idea of how long-lasting a quality gun is: That gun that was manufactured prior to 1775, and was likely still in active use near the time of the Civil War, 90 years later. Based on the octagon to round barrel and the shape of the stock, it looks like it was originally a civilian fowling piece, then converted to musket use by chopping off a bit of the fore-stock to allow a socket bayonet to be fitted. Fowling pieces generally had the wood of the stock almost right at the muzzle, and that prevented them from accepting a bayonet, so often when used for military use they were cut back a bit, and if necessary, a lug or sight soldered to the barrel to mate with the channel in they bayonet.
It was subsequently converted to that newfangled persuction ignition system, which is a damned shame. ‘Cuz rock-locks rule.