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1837 Antique HARPERS FERRY Model 1816 “CONE” Percussion CONVERSION Musket Civil War Conversion of the Venerable Model 1816!
Guns International #: 102778922 Seller's Inventory #: 217045
Category: Antique Rifles - 1500-1850 - Civil War Rifles
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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
International Phone: 314-707-7373
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Seller: FFL Dealer
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Description:
1837 Antique HARPERS FERRY Model 1816 “CONE” Percussion CONVERSION Musket
Civil War Conversion of the Venerable Model 1816!
Here we present an antique Harpers Ferry U.S. Model 1816 Percussion Conversion Musket, manufactured at the armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, circa 1837. This musket would have started out life as a smoothbore flintlock and likely converted around the start of the American Civil War.
The Model 1816 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. In the 1850’s, many 1816’s like this one went through the conversion from flintlock to percussion.
This musket was converted to percussion using the Belgian Style Alteration method, more commonly known as the “Cone Type” conversion. All external lock parts were removed with the screw hole plugged, the pan ground flush with lock plate (leaving the remnants intact) and the small existing cavity in the pan filled with brass to give it a level or squared off profile along the top. The vent hole of the barrel was plugged with a nipple screwed into the threaded receptacle at the top of the barrel, set off center towards the lock side. Then, adding the distinctive arsenal, military hammer. 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 overall condition is good. Aged smooth bore. The walnut stock is solid with an average amount of wear (minor dents and dings). The stock has been slightly shortened at the front and the barrel band has been recontoured to accommodate. Clear markings. “1837” dated lock.
Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.
Barrel is 42 inches.
Caliber: .69 Percussion
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$2000
#217045
SOLD
Antique: Yes