Original British Lovell's Pattern of 1842 Percussion Musket by Enfield Shortened to 48” - dated 1844 and 1843 Magazines The overall condition is quite

The overall condition is quite nice though the cover is partially detached

This is an American made

This translates to "Take this gift from My hand and smoke from it for the rest of your life"

so it is quite possibly a Crimean war captured item

Definitely a great bore for a rifle of this age

Original British Lovell's Pattern of 1842 Percussion Musket by Enfield Shortened to 48” - dated 1844 and 1843 Magazines The overall condition is quiteOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is something that we have only had a very few of over the years. The British Lovell's Pattern of 1842 was the last smoothbore musket adopted by British Forces, and would be superseded in 1853 by the "3 Band Enfield" Pattern of 1853. Almost all of our examples of British Percussion Muskets were East India Company issued out of Nepal. However this is a genuine British Military Issued musket. The P 1838 is among