Pedersoli 1777 Corrigé An IX

About the Pedersoli 1777 Corrigé An IX

The Pedersoli 1777 Corrigé An IX is a modern reproduction of the French Modèle 1777 'corrected in the year IX' Charleville infantry musket, a .69 caliber smoothbore flintlock muzzle-loading long gun. Built by Davide Pedersoli in Italy, it faithfully copies the An IX (1800-1801) revision of the 1777 pattern that became the standard-issue arm of Napoleon's army, distinguished from the earlier 1777 chiefly by its reshaped frizzen and spring-retained barrel bands. It pairs an armory-bright smoothbore barrel with an oil-finished walnut full stock, steel hardware and a socket-bayonet lug, and is loaded from the muzzle with loose ball and paper cartridge for reenactment, living history and black-powder shooting.

The original An IX musket armed Napoleon's infantry through the Napoleonic Wars and was the last major refinement of the 1777 Charleville pattern before the percussion era; its design also directly informed the United States Springfield Model 1795. Pedersoli's An IX lets modern reenactors carry a faithful copy of the musket that stood in the ranks at Austerlitz and Waterloo.

Pedersoli 1777 Corrigé An IX specifications

Reproduction of the French Modèle 1777 corrigé An IX Charleville infantry musket (Pedersoli SKU S.258). The An IX differs from the earlier 1777 Revolutionnaire mainly in frizzen shape and in the barrel-band retaining springs. Physical dimensions follow the historical .69 caliber pattern; exact reproduction weight and length may vary slightly from the numbers listed.