This musket is dated "1811" on the tail of the lock and "1812" on the buttplate playing its completion around the outbreak of our "Second War of Independence," better known as the War of 1812, during which the young United States asserted itself against the British Empire, primarily in response to the boarding of American vessels at sea and the impressment of sailors into the Royal Navy. The musket features a brass blade front sight on the barrel band, a bayonet lug on top near the muzzle, "US" and "P/eagle head/V" at the breech, groove cut into the barrel tang for a rear sight, "US" over the eagle and shield motif and "SPRINGFIELD" in an upward curve on the lock, and iron mounts.

Good with a mix of dark brown finish and some applied brown finish, replacement small parts, weld spot below the priming pan, split rear barrel band, moderate pitting concentrated at the vent, short ramrod, and moderate overall wear, and some chips, hairline cracks, and repairs in the stock. Mechanically functions; however, the cock has play, and the tumbler engagement is inconsistent.