Original U.S. War of 1812 R. & C. Leonard Contract Model 1808 Percussion Converted Musket - dated 1812 & 1814 US Civil War and this meant that each

and this meant that each cartridge had to be oiled via an oiling mechanism before being fed into the chamber

comparable to the one present in many German percussion fuses used in the Kaiser Artillery at the same period

with some overall patination and oxidation

One the other side it is marked very faintly-

Original U.S. War of 1812 R. & C. Leonard Contract Model 1808 Percussion Converted Musket - dated 1812 & 1814 US Civil War and this meant that eachOriginal Item: Only One Available. A Unique piece of War of 1812 and Civil War history! Manufactured by Rudolph and Charles Leonard of Canton, Massachusetts between 1808 and 1814, this is one of the approximately 4,208 muskets delivered on contract during the War of 1812. During the 1850s and up to the beginning of the Civil War, thousands of obsolete arms were updated by removing the flintlock ignition system and refitting with a percussion ignition