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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:French
Title:Charleville Musket
Date Made:1763-1765
Type:Armament; Fishing/Trapping/Hunting
Materials:walnut and iron
Place Made:Europe; France; Ardennes; Charleville-Mézières
Measurements:overall: 60 in; 152.4 cm
Accession Number:  MH SK L.B.1.3
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College

Description:
French Charleville flint lock musket. Round barrel with three bands, sling swivels, 6 1/4" lock plate, 44" ramrod, 16 1/2" bayonet. Model of 1763. These muskets were purchased from the French and were the principal gun used by the Continental troops in the Revolutionary War. Marked in script on the lock plate "CHARLEVILLE". S stamped on under side of butt.
Length of barrel: 45"
Weight: 9 lbs, 14 ozs

Tags:
firearms; weapons

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