Tulle musket
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The French-made Tulle musket or Fusil de chasse, originally meaning "hunting gun", was a light smoothbore flintlock musket designed for hunting. A later military variant known as the Fusil marine ordi
French fusil marine ordinaire of the French and Indian Wars era. The nonstandard brass barrel bands were added by a previous owner to replace the worn-out metal wedges.
Painting of an Iroquois Indian hunter with French trade gun.
Charleville musket
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The Charleville musket was a.69 caliber standard French infantry musket used in the 18th and 19th centuries. It was made in 1717 and was last produced during the 1840s. However, it still saw limited u
Tulle musket
…marines during the French and Indian War and American War of Independence. French Common Muskets were typically lighter and shorter than the later Charleville muskets also manufactured at Tulle. The name fusil is phonetically pronounced "fusee" in English." The French name Fusil is a corruption of the Italian fucile…
Charleville Musket, exploded view
Charleville model 1763.
Model 1777 made during the French Revolution
Crude Khyber Pass copy of a Russian 1808 Tula musket (left).