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“RASHAW” Signed M1816 MAYNARD Conversion Musket Tape Primer Update to Flintlock Musket for Civil War
Guns International #: 101357936 Seller's Inventory #: 190316
Category: Civil War Rifles - Remington Rifles
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Seller: AncestryGunsLLC
Company: Ancestry Guns LLC
Member Since: 11/3/16
State: Missouri
Zip: 65203
Country: United States
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Description:
“RASHAW” Signed M1816 MAYNARD Conversion Musket
Tape Primer Update to Flintlock Musket for Civil War
Here we present an antique Signed Remington-Frankford Arsenal Maynard Primer Conversion of a U.S. Model 1816 Musket, performed by Frankford Arsenal in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1857. The Model 1816 Flintlock Musket was the largest production of U.S. flintlock muskets, with over 700,000 made between Springfield and Harpers Ferry Armories, and many thousands more made by 16 different contractors. By the late 1850s, many of these arms were being updated using various percussion systems, most receiving the typical cap fired conversions. However, other conversions were also being tested, and Remington was contracted to make 20,000 Maynard Tape Priming locks in 1856. Instead of the small fulminate filled metal caps, Maynard Tape was a roll of paper that was impregnated in spots with fulminate. The primary advantage was that the soldier did not have to fumble with tiny caps, because a small wheel inside the lock dispensed primers from the paper roll. This was the system adopted for the Model 1855, and it made sense to update still serviceable flintlocks using this method. However, only about 20,000 of these conversions were done, and the U.S. government eventually chose to go with the cap system when they produced the Model 1861 and 1863 for service during the American Civil War. Most of these various conversions undoubtedly saw combat due to weapons shortages on both sides.
This musket puts you there and helps you understand a little better how the Civil War was fought. Many soldiers fought with decades old muskets that were converted from flintlock. Still, they were single shot weapons and when the fighting got close you parried sword blows with your musket and used it as a club. Prior to the Civil War, however, this musket was first updated by Frankford Arsenal, where it received a new lock made by Remington, a new long-range folding-leaf rear sight. The lock is marked “REMINGTON’S/ILION N.Y./1857/U.S.”. The left side of the butt stock is hand-marked with thin writing (difficult to photograph): “RASHAW/Co. A” and more that is not quite as legible after that. Research shows only one record for a soldier by that last name mustering into a Company A and that is John J. Rashaw, who mustered into Company A of the Ohio 19th Infantry at the age of 31 on September 4, 1861.
The overall condition is very good. The iron parts have a dark patina. The markings are clear. The walnut stock shows lots of use from decades of service. The bore is dark and smooth. The action is excellent. Here is a very neat example of how single shot flintlock muskets were kept in service!
Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.
Barrel is 42 inches in length.
Caliber: .69 Percussion
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$1750
#190316
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Antique: Yes