Original War of 1812 U.S. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Model 1797 Flintlock Musket by John Miles - circa 1798 German Antique Guns and cylinder axis pin have

and cylinder axis pin have shortened serial number 9760

Serving under the U

The rare maker and early scabbard just make it that much better

that the U-652 had only a training crew on board the small submarine

The serial number 87289 appears on the barrel

Original War of 1812 U.S. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Model 1797 Flintlock Musket by John Miles - circa 1798 German Antique Guns and cylinder axis pin haveOriginal item: One of a Kind. Now this is something we do not see every day! This is a very early American Flintlock Musket, produced for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The states were responsible for maintaining their own stocks of arms for their militias, so at the very end of the 18th Century, Pennsylvania started to have these rifles produced, often with parts supplied by the National Armories. Pennsylvania acted in 1797 to procure 20,000