Original U.S. Civil War Era Springfield Model 1842 Percussion Musket Half-Stocked for Hunting - dated 1851 MG 08-15 Maxim The bottom marking indicates that

The bottom marking indicates that the shell was made by Atelier de Construction de Rennes

and such is the case here

This is not something that we have had in quite some time

Facing only two US companies

acceptance dates

Original U.S. Civil War Era Springfield Model 1842 Percussion Musket Half-Stocked for Hunting - dated 1851 MG 08-15 Maxim The bottom marking indicates thatOriginal item: Only One Available. This just came out of the attic after a hundred years of storage, together with a couple of hundred other guns. It has been cleaned to present as a very nice example of a post war "Half Stocked" conversion of a Civil War Era Springfield Model 1842 musket. The US Model 1842 Muskets 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