Original French M-1777 Charleville St. Etienne Flintlock Musket Technical Books • Matching dark navy blue

• Matching dark navy blue Coveralls (pants) with correct thin red stripe to outside leg

Still in use by the time WW1 came in 1914 but was much outclassed by the Mauser and Enfield rifle systems introduced in the late 1890s

in which the bolt was simplified and a large-diameter recoil spring used in place of the operating spring guide

It also has three sewn-in loops inside for carrying essential tools

Original French M-1777 Charleville St. Etienne Flintlock Musket Technical Books • Matching dark navy blueOriginal Item: Only One Available. As used in the American Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars, once as numerous as Brown Bess Muskets the French M1777 equivalent was referred to as the CHARLEVILLE Musket. However. Charleville was only one of the manufacturing Arsenals, the predominant one being St. Etienne. This example has all steel mounts, brass mounts were generally only used for Naval issue, the lock is marked "Manufact. a St. Etienne", the