.72 caliber. 44.675" barrel, secured by three flat, spring retained bands. NSN. Oxidized metal, iron furniture, walnut stock. Single shot percussion altered muzzleloading smoothbore musket with brass blade front sight, replaced sling swivels from an Enfield rifle musket, full-length steel button head ramrod with  the face crudely dished as if to accommodate conical ball ammunition. Percussion altered lock marks "US/{Eagle}/SPRINGFIELD" and dated "1810" at the rear. Buttplate tang with matching "1810" date. Unused flintlock battery screw holes filled with lead, something occasionally encountered on southern alterations. Percussion hammer is of the nominally "Enfield" pattern and similar to those used by Cook & Brother without checkering on the spur. Percussion alteration via the drum method, another common trait on southern altered flint muskets. Barrel breech marked "US" and with "V/{Eaglehead}/P" proff marks. Counterpane with a weak script "US" but no other discernible inspection marks. A nice untouched example of a likely southern altered US Model 1795 musket that probably saw use during the War of 1812 and then during the early days of the Civil War. {ANTIQUE}

Good untouched condition. Bore dark, dirty, oxidized and with putting. Metal with a moderately oxidized brown patina with some areas of gray and scattered surface roughness and some pitting. Markings in metal remain mostly visible, weaker in wood. Lock is mechanically functional with some wobble in the hammer and an apparently soft mainspring. Wood with a rich, untouched appearance like a 100+ year old banister showing the smoothness of years of handling, and with some scattered bumps, dings and mars.