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Antique D. NIPPES US Contract Model 1816 Percussion CONE CONVERSION Musket 1 of 1,600 Model 1816s Produced by Daniel Nippes
Guns International #: 102647179 Seller's Inventory #: 215279
Category: Antique Rifles - 1500-1850 - Antique Rifles - Percussion
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Seller: AncestryGunsLLC
Company: Ancestry Guns LLC
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State: Missouri
Zip: 65203
Country: United States
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Description:
Antique D. NIPPES US Contract Model 1816 Percussion CONE CONVERSION Musket
1 of 1,600 Model 1816s Produced by Daniel Nippes
Here we present an antique D. Nippes U.S. Contract Model 1816 Conversion Musket, manufactured Mill Creek, Pennsylvania circa 1838. Daniel Nippes took over his father’s gun manufacturing mill in December of 1812 when his father died. The younger Nippes brought prosperity to the mill through work with the U.S. government. Beginning in 1837 and continuing through 1840, the mill at Mill Creek produced about 1,600 Model 1816 U.S. flintlock muskets, all being marked “US/D.NIPPES/PHILA”. The success he had with these first 1,600 muskets led to a second contract of 5,100 Model 1840 muskets between the years of 1842 and 1848, with the markings “D.NIPPES/US” and “MILL/CREEK/PA”.
This musket would have started out life as a smoothbore flintlock and likely converted around the start of the American Civil War. The advent of the Model 1842 Musket made the M1816 obsolete, but not unserviceable. 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.
The overall condition is good. Strong action. The bore is smooth and remains in good shape. Solid stock with less than average wear (cartouche stamps on the left wrist and top of the comb[RS1] ). “US” marked butt plate tang, barrel, and lock. “1838” dated lock and barrel.
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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$2095
#215279
Price: $2,095.00
Antique: Yes