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Well I did it... I ordered one of those original 1853 Infield 3 band muskets from a distributor....

V

Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska

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The 1853 Infield musket was used extensively throughout the Civil War, but mostly by the Confederacy. These rifles were manufactured in England, and purchased by the North and the South. Hundreds of thousands were purchased from England. The musket I'm getting is the same, except it is coming from Nepal. It never saw service in the United States Civil War, but then again, it doesn't cost $6000 either. It's only $250. It has been in storage for over 130 years, protected by a layer of animal fat and 100 years of dirt and grime. These are clean'em yourself (battlefield pickups they call them)... well, they're not really battlefield pickups, they're just old, old muskets suffering from 100+ years of neglect. Mine should be here by the first part of next week. I will post pictures of it and continue to post pictures of the cleaning process until the cleaning process is achieved; and that will hopefully be a nice looking but antique Infield musket for my relic display. At the bottom is a short clip on CS Digger who ordered the same rifle. The movie is of him opening the box and inspecting it. There's a second movie (part 2) of him cleaning it and of it finished.

Vernon

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FttKI1-Qa9Y&feature=related
 
When I was a kid, you could buy surplus non-funtioning WW1 French and Russian infantry rifles through your local Sears Robuck catalog cheap. My Dad bought one French and one Russian. He restored them for my brother and I as wall hangers. Mine was a French 8mm Lebel. It weighed a ton, was twice as long as I was tall, and was very cool!:clapping:
 
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