The Augustin musket was an Austrian musket used in the mid 19th century. It was used in several European wars, and also featured in the
U.S. Civil War.
History
The Augustin Infantry Musket was an Austrian musket that was manufactured from 1842 to the early 1850s. The model was a smoothbore and used percussion caps. The weapon was primarily used during the
Revolutions of 1848 mainly in the Austrian Empire, as well as the
Italian Wars of Independence with minor use in the
American Civil War and Mexican forces during the
French Intervention in Mexico with the weapon being rebored into a rifle instead of smoothbore.[9][10]