Original U.S. Civil War Era Springfield Model 1842 Percussion Musket by Springfield Armory - dated 1846 Pirate Flags Examples of these are now

Examples of these are now in the Herbert Hoover Museum

The crossguard has a very crisp center block featuring round medallions with swass on both sides

The stock looks to be a surplus original

There there are the painted Japanese numbers 七 六 (7 6) on the tang

equipment (such as a compass)

Original U.S. Civil War Era Springfield Model 1842 Percussion Musket by Springfield Armory - dated 1846 Pirate Flags Examples of these are nowOriginal item: One Only. The US Model 1842 Musket was a . 69 caliber musket manufactured and used in the United States during the 19th Century. It was a continuation of the Model 1816 line of muskets but is generally referred to by its own model number rather than just a variant of the Model 1816. All of these muskets were 58 inches long, with a barrel around 42 inches in length. The Model 1842 was the last U. S. smoothbore musket produced. Many