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Old 02-03-2011, 09:44 PM   #5
Buffalochip
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Default Re: Historical inquiry/identification

It appears to be a Springfield Model 1795 Flintlock musket Type II made at Springfield in 1809, converted to percussion in the 1830s, rebarreled in the 1850s, and restocked just before the Civil War (and it has a loose ramrod).
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