According to the tracking number, she should be here today:
https://www.davide-pedersoli.com/en/product/1777-revolutionnaire-rifle
https://www.davide-pedersoli.com/en/product/1777-revolutionnaire-rifle
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My new leadslinger should be here today - Party like it's 1777
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Great looking piece! And a great thread title! 
Now I just need my molds, get my lead out of my storage unit, order some flints, make some cartridges, etc, etc.Great looking piece! And a great thread title!
APG
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Very nice. Let us know how it shots and how you like it.
hanshi
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That's a very good looking long gun. You'll have a blast for years to come.
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A Charleyville?
Pedersoli calls it a "Revolutionaire" but from what I can tell, "Charleville" is an equally appropriate title
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HI,
No. It is marked as made by the largest French arsenal, St. Etienne. These muskets were issued to the French troops sent to North America during our Rev War but I do not believe any were shipped to American forces. Charleville was another smaller arsenal and many surplus French guns sent to Americans came from their surplus stock, which is why so many Americans call all Rev War era French muskets, "Charlevilles". France had 2 other Royal arsenals, Maubeuge and Versailles.
dave
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Got a “latter model” Pedersoli 1777 (a AN IX) but their essentially the same. Great musket!
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A Brown Bess was my first choice, this one was a very close second. I also have an 1863 Zouave so the bulk of my muzzle loading long gun needs are met.
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I’ve often kicked around a Brown Bess but as I have several “Napoleonic French” smoothbores from Pedersoli I’m not sure (for the money) if thats really a smart play.
So leaning toward the 1861 Springfield to give me range and something quite different - percussion, rifling, etc.
So leaning toward the 1861 Springfield to give me range and something quite different - percussion, rifling, etc.
My needs may be met (flint/smooth + percussion/rifling), but my wants certainly are not
I have a Pedersoli AN IX 1777 as well. I thought about a Brown Bess for a second or two but the Acadian ancestry in me quickly shot that down. I really like my Charleville.
Fitzhugh Williams
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Maybe I am just a little slow, but why to they call it a "rifle"? It's a smoothbore, isn't it? I know the modern French term "fusil" refers to a rifle these days (smoothbore is a fusil de chasse), so maybe it is all in the translation?
