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    10 IA musket

    A gentleman in my town brought a musket to me looking for advice and information. He inherited it from a relative he did not know well, and knew nothing about it. It is, as near as I can tell, a Belgian copy of a French M1857 rifle musket. The weapon is in very, very good condition with minimal pitting, some old dings and scratches in the stock, some poor fitment for the buttplate but everything else fits well. Bore was dusty with good rifling present; I did not note the number of lands and grooves though.

    (I do not have pictures of this musket. Was not comfortable taking or posting images of something not my own.)

    The name ED GARLAND was stamped into the wood near the buttplate, parallel with the buttplate. The name matches with the name of a member of the 10th Iowa. Looking through some of my documents the 10 IA was armed and equipped in St. Louis in late September/early October 1861 but no details are provided. I have searched the forums but can't seem to find anyone that has posted arms records on hand from St. L in late 1861, and after looking through the ORs for about an hour now I am not readily finding them. I'm trying to determine if the 10th was issued European muskets which may then lend credence to the idea that the name was a period stamping.

    Any and all help is greatly appreciated!

    Alexander Vasquez
    Formerly of Company C, 15 IA
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    Re: 10 IA musket

    Hallo!

    NARA records for 1863-1864 show the 10th Iowa armed with "Model 1840/45 Rifles."

    I need to find my copy of "Armng the Suckers" to cross reference Illimois regiments referenced to the same arms so as to shed light on what they are exactly. A VERY WAG, maybe.. converted, rifled and sighted M1840 .
    Muskets. May be M1841 Rifles.

    And nothing to base it on other than the gentlemans's piece, there may have been foreign imports prior to 1863.

    IMHO, and bias, guns stamped with names tend to be post War commemorations as soldiers in the field or camp NUG did not have steel stamping sets.

    Curt
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      Re: 10 IA musket

      Thanks for the info. I wondered about the stampings, as they seemed a bit too "professional" to my unpracticed eye. Looked like something I would have used in wood class many moons ago. Any other info is appreciated!

      Alexander Vasquez
      Formerly of Co. C, 15 IA

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