Compass Auction is currently auctioning a Pre-Civil War Harpers Ferry Model 1816 .69 Smoothbore Musket as an item in the current Firearms, Ammo, & Accessories Auction. Like many other Model 1816s ...

The U.S. Ordnance Dept. records show that the Union forces in the American Civil War imported 142,823 of these 1809/1839 muskets in 1861 and 1862 when sold as surplus by the Prussian army.

Midstate Civil War re-enactors are part of the Living History Encampment on the Gettysburg Battlefield this week. More than 200 re-enactors affiliated with the National Regiment are camped out ...

When he bagged a 120- pound doe recently, he did so with a special, and old weapon. McMahan used a 58-caliber Civil war musket, a weapon passed down in his family, that was originally used by his ...

Civil War rifles were accurate for hundreds of yards, with some being deadly at up to 1,000 yards. (These are the 14 guns that helped fight the Revolutionary War.) ...

The Model 1863 Springfield Rifle Musket is the subject of this "I Have This ... the Model 1863 was developed as a more expedient version of the Model 1861 and was being made during the Civil War.

Check out Tim Prince's appraisal of a Civil War Austrian-made musket in Springs Preserve, Hour 3. Aired 10/03/2024 | Rating TV-G.

Civil War rifles were accurate for hundreds of yards, with some being deadly at up to 1,000 yards. (These are the 14 guns that helped fight the Revolutionary War.) ...