This antique Model 1842 Austrian musket was originally called the Kammer-Beuchse (chamber rifle), and was manufactured as a tube-lock. After becoming obsolete, many were converted to percussion and sold to Giusppe Garibaldi's revolutionary forces in Italy, earning its other nickname, the Garibaldi rifle. The Europeans then saw a marvelous profit opportunity, selling thousands of these during the 1860's to the Union Army for use in the Civil War. This antique musket has bore with pitting running throughout. The stock has many dings, dents, and drying cracks from almost two centuries of handling. The rear sight and sideplate are missing. This musket weighs 8.5 pounds and has a 12-3/4" trigger reach.
The tapered octagon-to-round 33-1/4" barrel is .71 caliber and rifled with twelve grooves with Delvigne chambered breech. The lip of the chamber serves as a base for expanding the projectile, forcing it to engage the rifling. This example has a rounded lip for loading round balls. The bore has dark grooves with visible pitting on the lands the lenght of the barrel. The outer surfaces of the barrel have aged to a speckled brown gray patina with some pitting around the breech end of the barrel from the corrosive effects of antique percussion caps. The barrel also shows marks of being clamped in a vise. During the conversion to percussion, a "Prussian style" bolster was fitted to the side of the breech. This bolster is well supported by the lock plate. We note the nipple is not threaded down to its shoulder, and we were not able to turn the nipple with a wrench. The right side of the barrel is stamped *9 near the breech. The rear sight is missing on this musket. Forward three barrel bands hold the barrel to the stock, the rearmost pair of bands are single straps while the front band is a double strap; the iron front sight is attached to the front strap of the forward band. All three bands are marked with the number 2, and the rear band has the classic flat bottom that matches the stock profile. At the muzzle a small lug is installed for attachment of a bayonet. The spring that is used to retain the bayonet is broken and the forward part of this spring is missing.
Stocked in what appears to be beech, this musket has many dents, dings, scratches, and scuff marks. The toe and left side of the buttstock have multiple drying cracks extending forward from the buttplate. Small drying cracks extend forward and back from the sling button. Two drying cracks extend back from the tip of the pointed tang of the breech plug. The iron furniture has developed a speckled brown gray patina. Our bottom view reveals the rounded toe of the beech stock and the steel triggerguard. The rear finial of the triggerguard is stamped M.J.B. with modern machinist stamps. The toe of the buttstock is fitted with a sling button. The front swivel is mounted to a lug on the bottom of the middle barrel band. The cupped metal ramrod easily slides through the barrel bands. A military style steel sideplate was once inlet flush into the stock, but is now missing. A large oval cheek is shaped on the left side of the buttstock.
The lock plate is marked K along with *9, which corresponds to the assembly numbers found on the barrel. The center of the lock plate is stamped with a spurious C.S.A. with modern machinist stamps. The lock has developed the same speckled brown gray patina as the rest of the iron on the rifle. The lock has a strong mainspring with secure half and full cock notches. There is a large chip in the wood from the tail of the lock panel.
An interesting Model 1842 Austrian musket with conversion to percussion. It would make a fine display piece for your European or American Civil War musket collection. Order it for a ten day visual inspection. You will be delighted. Else if it does not fit you, return it in unfired condition for same-day refund. Postage is your only risk, when you order any one-of-a-kind gun from Track, whether new, used, or antique.
The tapered octagon-to-round 33-1/4" barrel is .71 caliber and rifled with twelve grooves with Delvigne chambered breech. The lip of the chamber serves as a base for expanding the projectile, forcing it to engage the rifling. This example has a rounded lip for loading round balls. The bore has dark grooves with visible pitting on the lands the lenght of the barrel. The outer surfaces of the barrel have aged to a speckled brown gray patina with some pitting around the breech end of the barrel from the corrosive effects of antique percussion caps. The barrel also shows marks of being clamped in a vise. During the conversion to percussion, a "Prussian style" bolster was fitted to the side of the breech. This bolster is well supported by the lock plate. We note the nipple is not threaded down to its shoulder, and we were not able to turn the nipple with a wrench. The right side of the barrel is stamped *9 near the breech. The rear sight is missing on this musket. Forward three barrel bands hold the barrel to the stock, the rearmost pair of bands are single straps while the front band is a double strap; the iron front sight is attached to the front strap of the forward band. All three bands are marked with the number 2, and the rear band has the classic flat bottom that matches the stock profile. At the muzzle a small lug is installed for attachment of a bayonet. The spring that is used to retain the bayonet is broken and the forward part of this spring is missing.
Stocked in what appears to be beech, this musket has many dents, dings, scratches, and scuff marks. The toe and left side of the buttstock have multiple drying cracks extending forward from the buttplate. Small drying cracks extend forward and back from the sling button. Two drying cracks extend back from the tip of the pointed tang of the breech plug. The iron furniture has developed a speckled brown gray patina. Our bottom view reveals the rounded toe of the beech stock and the steel triggerguard. The rear finial of the triggerguard is stamped M.J.B. with modern machinist stamps. The toe of the buttstock is fitted with a sling button. The front swivel is mounted to a lug on the bottom of the middle barrel band. The cupped metal ramrod easily slides through the barrel bands. A military style steel sideplate was once inlet flush into the stock, but is now missing. A large oval cheek is shaped on the left side of the buttstock.
The lock plate is marked K along with *9, which corresponds to the assembly numbers found on the barrel. The center of the lock plate is stamped with a spurious C.S.A. with modern machinist stamps. The lock has developed the same speckled brown gray patina as the rest of the iron on the rifle. The lock has a strong mainspring with secure half and full cock notches. There is a large chip in the wood from the tail of the lock panel.
An interesting Model 1842 Austrian musket with conversion to percussion. It would make a fine display piece for your European or American Civil War musket collection. Order it for a ten day visual inspection. You will be delighted. Else if it does not fit you, return it in unfired condition for same-day refund. Postage is your only risk, when you order any one-of-a-kind gun from Track, whether new, used, or antique.
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