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Scarce CIVIL WAR Antique U.S. HARPERS FERRY ARSENAL Model 1855 Rifle-MUSKET Maynard Tape Primed Musket Dated “1859”
Guns International #: 101519847 Seller's Inventory #: 20585
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
Phone: (314) 707-7373
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Description:
Scarce CIVIL WAR Antique U.S. HARPERS FERRY ARSENAL Model 1855 Rifle-MUSKET
Maynard Tape Primed Musket Dated “1859”
Here we present an antique Harpers Ferry Armory US Model 1855 Rifle-Musket, manufactured in 1859 in Harpers Ferry, Virginia. The Model 1855 was the first US musket to utilize the .58 caliber Minie ball. The US military was piloting a concept for all U.S. Army troops to have a common caliber, so that logistics would be simplified. The chosen caliber was .58, and it utilized the cutting-edge cone-shaped Minié ball with the hollow base instead of a spherical ball. Also, relatively new and short-lived was the Maynard tape priming system, to which Springfield had purchased the rights. Instead of directly priming the nipple by hand for each shot, the user would simply install a roll of paper percussion caps, and a single cap would be exposed, sheared and carried by the hammer to detonate on the nipple. Of course, the standard rifle percussion caps could also be used. This system was simply abandoned with the beginning of the American Civil War as arms production was driven by effectiveness and efficiency, resulting in the simplified Model 1861.
Harpers Ferry Armory was captured by Confederate forces in 1861. Many of the Model 1855 rifles were destroyed in the Armory fire or captured, with nearly all of the surviving rifles saw hard use with Federal and Confederate armies during the Civil War, and as a result any surviving examples of the Model 1855 Rifle are scarce and typically show the effects of hard field service.
The overall condition is good. The action is strong. The bore is dark with age. The lock is dated “1859”. Two faint cartouches can be seen on the left side of the stock. A must have for any Civil War collection!
Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.
Barrel is 40 inches.
Caliber: .58 Percussion
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$2450
#20585
SOLD
Antique: Yes