Original French Charleville Musket Converted to Experimental Breech Loading Pinfire Carbine c.1822 / 1860 U.S. Antique Guns and could only observe the

and could only observe the fighting going on below

ammunition was a brand-new rimless 7

Lenses are excellent and have a dark yellow tint

or similar

Records indicate that very were ever made and they are so rare today that seldom does one become available for purchase

Original French Charleville Musket Converted to Experimental Breech Loading Pinfire Carbine c.1822 / 1860 U.S. Antique Guns and could only observe theOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This came to us recently from a private Military Museum, amassed after WWII. We can barely imagine where this old boy acquired so many virtually unique forearms in just wonderful condition. This is very RARE, perhaps one of a few TRIALS Pieces dating perhaps to the late 1850's or early 1860's. This appears to have started life as a Flintlock Charleville Musket, but may also just have been assembled from Flintlock parts.