.69 caliber. 41.25" round barrel. SN: NSN. Bright finish, iron furniture, walnut stock. Single shot smoothbore percussion muzzleloading military musket with three barrel bands and a brass blade front sight. Lock marked with a weak {Spread-Winged Eagle}/US forward of the hammer and in three vertical lines at the tail HARPERS/FERRY/1848. Breech with small V/P/{Eagle Head} proof marks, no visible date on breech plug tang. Counterpane with the outline of an illegible cartouche. Retains both sling swivels and an older trumpet head ramrod with no threads at the end. Also includes an old leather sling of 1857 design, but with an incorrect brass hook.