That is most likely, the only way to know for certain would be to disassemble it and find that number throughout. These were hard used and depending upon original manufacturer could well have served hard in he French Army before being exported to the US.
thank you....I just bought it but I need him to wait a couple of weeks before sending since I won't be home. Once I get it I will see what numbers are where.
You'll want to dismount the barrel and check for assorted proof marks as that will identify where it was manufactured.
will do... thank you.
A pointy one... finding one that will fit is often a challenge as they were all hand fitted and fitted to a particular arm. My friend Zac acquired a French M1842t with a British bayonet that someone had sleeved at some point to fit. It had some creative mileage to it having come to him via Mexico as a presentation gift. Story was it was a musket that had been used by the Juaristas and it had been used in the Battle of Puebla.
Consider carefully this idea of taking this apart aka dismounting it.
Would this barrel be larger in outside diameter since it is a .71 caliber or is just bored out a little more?
Thank you, I will keep that in mind.
It would be the same, relatively. The rifling is rather shallow I expect. It started life as a smoothbore. The French went away from rifling smoothbores very quickly as they were worried about the thinness of the walls.
Just bored out.
French model m1822 and m1842 would fit.
Bringing the