Deactivated Springfield M1841 Mississippi Musket SN. 3120 *

Deactivated Springfield M1841 1816 .58 Calibre Mississippi Percussion Musket in good deactivated condition, with correct leather sling. Rare Pedersoli copy The M1841 Mississippi rifle is a muzzle-loading percussion rifle used in the Mexican American War and the American Civil War. The Mississippi rifle was the first standard U.S. military rifle to use a percussion lock system. Percussion lock systems were much more reliable and weatherproof than the flintlock systems that they replaced, and were such an improvement that many earlier flintlock rifles and muskets were later converted to percussion lock systems. All deactivated weapons sold by D and B Militaria are deactivated in the United Kingdom and hold a London or Birmingham proof mark and certificate stating that the weapon has been deactivated correctly.