Original U.S. Civil War Confederate Veteran M.K. Somers Named Austrian M1854 Lorenz .54cal Percussion Rifle - dated 1860 Allow PayPal & Amazon Checkout sighting a large enemy submarine

sighting a large enemy submarine for which she made an extended submerged search on her last patrol

The metalwork has a nice aged grey patina

and at the bottom is the overlapping "SV" marking used on the Sten MkV over serial number 78300

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Original U.S. Civil War Confederate Veteran M.K. Somers Named Austrian M1854 Lorenz .54cal Percussion Rifle - dated 1860 Allow PayPal & Amazon Checkout sighting a large enemy submarineOriginal Item: Only one Available. This is a fantastic example of an Austrian M1854 Lorenz Percussion musket in . 54cal, almost certainly imported for use in the U. S. Civil War. Many European powers were beginning to move to cartridge firearms, and with a huge market in the United States, sold off many of their soon to be obsolete firearms. Some of these reached the Northern Union forces, but more often, they were sent to the South, which did not