P-1840 .75 East India Company Percussion Short Musket Hand Select:Yes Some replacement parts and repairs

Some replacement parts and repairs to the leather may also have occurred as these are approximately 100 years old and saw service in two world wars

but modern weapons are making hand to hand combat a thing of lost generations

It is sometimes referred as the "battle bowler"

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P-1840 .75 East India Company Percussion Short Musket Hand Select:Yes Some replacement parts and repairsOriginal Item: Commonly referred to as an Officer's "Fusil" 1,260 of these . 75cal 33" Barreled Short Muskets were ordered in London for the Madras Infantry on the 8th of February 1840. Intended for issue to Junior Officer's and specialized forces such as Pioneers and Sappers this model was produced with the old series side lock (action) which resembled having been converted from Flintlock and in 1842 was replaced by the more commonly encountered