This is a beautiful Springfield Model 1840 Musket with brass tacking attributed to the Sioux. The rifled musket is marked on the receiver Springfield 1840 and the entire wood area shows a combinations of brass and metal or nickel tacking in bands and symbols with a nice patina. This is a .68 caliber barrel with total length of 45-inches long. The mechanism appears to work and the rifle displays well.
Provenance: The former collector attributed the gun to have been collected from Fort Robinson, Nebraska and being sold to a collector and later displayed at Yankton Indian Museum; being owned by Sioux Indian named Young Man Afraid of His Horse. This information is being handed down to the next collector but there is no documentation to this affect. Antique firearm, NO FFL.