Original French M-1811 Charleville St. Etienne Flintlock Musket U.S. Uniforms Barrels show English proofs and

Barrels show English proofs and are nicely marked:

commenced in summer of 1938

a fifth squadron was created

in the early 1950s

The areas around the swas are lightly pebbled

Original French M-1811 Charleville St. Etienne Flintlock Musket U.S. Uniforms Barrels show English proofs andOriginal Item: Only One Available as used in the Napoleonic wars, once as numerous as Brown Bess Muskets the French M1777 equivalent was referred to as the CHARLEVILLE Musket. However. Charleville was only one of the manufacturing Arsenals, the predominant one being St. Etienne. Usually found with steel mounts, brass mounts were generally only used for Naval issue, the lock is marked "Manufact. a St. Etienne", the barrel tang marked M 1811 and has a