Original Civil War Era French Charleville Mle 1816 Musket Converted to Percussion Rifle for Baden Price_$-030 - $50 Serial #514072 with a government

Serial #514072 with a government inspector SWP 1887 cartouche

The pistols appear to have had European style under the barrel ramrods

The lock is marked TOWER / 1863 below the cap bolster

where he died August 5th 1942

resulting in the proofs being hard to read

Original Civil War Era French Charleville Mle 1816 Musket Converted to Percussion Rifle for Baden Price_$-030 - $50 Serial #514072 with a governmentOriginal Item: Only One Available As used in the U. S. Civil War. Just received out of a large collection of Antique guns in South Carolina. This is very unusual and interesting, being both rifled and in such a good condition. This started life as a French M 1816 "Charleville" Flintlock Musket, part of the long line of French Flintlock musket versions. These were the standard muskets of the line from 1717 until the Percussion Model of 1842. This was