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Minieball577
10-11-2008, 04:11 PM
My Dad and I are in search of detailed photographs and preferably measurements of the breech mechanism of one of the M1842 Rifled-Muskets converted to breechloader via the Merrill system. We have examined closely an M1841 Mississippi done this way, and the scholarship indicates that the M1842 is more commonly encountered, yet we have not seen one in recent years.

Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide.