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I have pictures / The earliest date stamped is clear and 1815 / It has several markings and dates / It has a bayonet / Ive been told that the barrel is very clean and would fire lead bullets just fine.
 

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It started off as a smooth bore French St Etienne or Charleville model 1815 flintlock . Then it was converted into a percussion musket and a rear sight added
likely around the 1851 date that is stamped into the wooden stock.
In it's original form it was likely in Napoleon's army.
 
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