Original Model 1816 Waters Contract Musket - Dated 1833 - State of South Carolina Marked Replica Non-Firing Pistols & Rifles Modern histories are similarly inconsistent

Modern histories are similarly inconsistent in the nomenclature of these weapons

There are two small snags to the rear of the waistband that are also small and very hard to see

based on the later Civil War issued Model 1863 and 1864 Rifles

These Advance Depots which were also known as 'Regulating Stations' were always located near a main rail line

Bombardier B

Original Model 1816 Waters Contract Musket - Dated 1833 - State of South Carolina Marked Replica Non-Firing Pistols & Rifles Modern histories are similarly inconsistentOriginal Item: Only One Available. Genuine US M1816 Asa Holman Waters (Millbury, MA) Contract of 21,560 muskets delivered to the Federal Government between 1817 1836. Lock plate shows Waters markings in front of the hammer: US A. WATERS And vertically behind the hammer: MILLBURY 1833 Cartouche of S. C. faintly visible on left side of stock by side plate, we believe this is a marking for SOUTH CAROLINA placed on the musket by the Confederate state