I've had it since '75, when, uh, I got back. APPRAISER: So what we have here is a French model 1763-'66 musket. These would have been made from 1763 and then altered. Um, the butts were shaved ...

This article appeared originally as "State of the Art: The U.S. Model 1855 Springfield Rifle-Musket" in the August 2003 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the magazine, visit the NRA ...

Small arms used by American forces in the Revolution were many and varied, however at the beginning of the war the British Short Land Service Musket, often referred to as the Brown Bess, was ...