Original French Napoleonic M-1777 Charleville St. Etienne Flintlock Musket dated 1810 P-1853 Enfield Its reputation in front-line combat

Its reputation in front-line combat was mixed

This excellent example has the breech block marking:

New Made Item: Quality reproduction wood stock set for the British Martini-Henry Series Mark 1 or Mark 2 Infantry Rifles

Barrel Markings are fully legible

which have removed a good deal of the blade polishing

Original French Napoleonic M-1777 Charleville St. Etienne Flintlock Musket dated 1810 P-1853 Enfield Its reputation in front-line combatOriginal Item: Only One Available as used in the American Revolution and Napoleonic war. 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. This example has all steel mounts, brass mounts were generally only used for Naval issue, the lock is marked Manuf. Imp. de St. Etienne, the barrel tang