Original U.S. Civil War Austrian Percussion Conversion Muster 1849 Kammerbuchse Jäger Rifle - dated 1853 Sales On the way

On the way

The railway receipt indicates that Claude Ruggles came from West Virginia

complete with boots and helmets

with a single mounting hole in the rounded off tang

It was the first artillery weapon equipped with rocket-assisted ammunition to increase range

Original U.S. Civil War Austrian Percussion Conversion Muster 1849 Kammerbuchse Jäger Rifle - dated 1853 Sales On the wayOriginal item: Only One Available. The rifle is a Muster 1849 Austro Hungarian Army (k. k. Army) Kammerbuchse (chamber rifle), original produced using the somewhat bizarre System Augustin "Tube Lock". This utilized a semi enclosed flash pan and "tube" for a more reliable ignition system. It was however short lived, and in 1854 the Lorenz rifle was developed using the much less complex percussion lock system. After this large quantities of the