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1824 Dated HARPERS FERRY M1816 Infantry MUSKET Civil War Conversion of the Venerable Model 1816!
Guns International #: 101417841 Seller's Inventory #: 190306
Category: Civil War Rifles - Antique Rifles - Percussion
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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:
1824 Dated HARPERS FERRY M1816 Infantry MUSKET
Civil War Conversion of the Venerable Model 1816!
Here we present an antique Harpers Ferry US Model 1816 Musket, manufactured at the armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, circa 1824. This Model 1816 flintlock musket was converted to percussion using the “Bolster Style” conversion, during the Civil War period or just prior. This entailed removing the flash pan and frizzen from the exterior of the lock and installing a percussion hammer. The breech portion of the barrel was cut out and replaced with one with a built-in percussion nipple bolster. These changes were made to make this musket more reliable.
The War of 1812 revealed many weaknesses in American muskets. In an attempt to improve both the design and manufacture of the musket, the Model 1812 musket was created. The Model 1816 made further improvements and replaced the Model 1812. Harpers Ferry became America’s second national armory after the site was personally selected by George Washington, with the Springfield Armory being the first. The U.S. Congress authorized the building of the new foundry in 1794, and by the following year, was producing hundreds of arms for the national army, which was primarily flintlock muskets and pistols. Inspired largely by the French Charleville Model 1777 musket, Harpers Ferry began producing the Model 1816. The M1816 was a smoothbore, muzzle loading weapon which used a .69 caliber musket ball.
The advent of the Model 1842 Musket made the M1816 obsolete, but not unserviceable. Eventually, most made their way to storehouses and armories. Beginning in 1848, when more than 700,000 of all types of flintlock muskets where reported in storage, the most serviceable where converted to percussion ignition. Three types of alteration were performed. All alterations involved grinding the flash pan down and replacing the hammer. The "French Style" conversion added a drum and nipple to the flashhole. The "Belgian Style" involved plugging the vent hole with a weld and tapping a nipple directly into the barrel. This is the type of conversion that was only done at Harper's Ferry and Springfield, and is sometimes referred to as an "armory conversion." The last type of conversion was used late in the renovation process, beginning about 1852, and involved adding a bolster to the breech of the barrel, so it is termed the "Bolster Style" of conversion.
The M1816 was in production at Springfield (325,000) and Harpers Ferry (350,000) between 1816 to 1844 with around 675,000 muskets produced during this run. Additionally, more than a dozen contractors also made the Model 1816 Muskets during its production years, adding more than 146,000 muskets for a grand total of 821,421 M1816 Muskets produced. It saw service during the Mexican-American War and was even pressed into service during the Civil War in both the updated percussion and the old flintlock format.
The overall condition is good. The stock has an old repair just behind the lock. The action works very well. The bore is smooth and dusty. The bit of wire around the barrel serves no purpose to the gun itself and we surmise that it may have been used in hanging the piece for display.
Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.
Barrel is 41-3/4 inches.
Caliber: .69
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$1450
#190306
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Antique: Yes