MODEL 1816 MUSKET WITH 1857 MAYNARD CONVERSION AND CONFEDERATE ASSOCIATION: Model 1816 musket with socket bayonet, double cartouches on stock, additional obscured cartouche near trigger hardware, US markings on buttplate. Obscured partial barrel markings on approx. 69 cal. smooth bore 42 1/2'' barrel. Letter of provenance is provided with this gun stating the gun was found in a dry root cellar in a field adjacent to Little Big Top, still clutched by the petrified remains of confederate soldier Robert Smith in 1982. Letter is from direct descendant of the original land owners. 1857 Remington Maynard conversion, one of only 20,000 with this conversion before the Civil War. Stock is overall very good with minor dings to b expected. Socket bayonet is included. Overall 58'' excluding bayonet, 74 1/2'' overall with bayonet.
CONDITION: Note pepper pitting on barrel near hammer. Split to wood underside of stock. Bayonet appears to be stuck on barrel, rotates, but does not remove. May remove with a little coaxing, but we will leave that to the buyer.