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Rare Early 19th Century Massachusetts Militia Musket
Guns International #: 103176495 Seller's Inventory #: 50903
Category: Antique Rifles - Flintlock - Military Rifles - Antique
Seller's Information
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Seller: Joe Salter com
Company: Down East Antiques - Joe Salter
Member Since: 9/10/10
First Name: Garrick-March-Jim-Joe
Last Name: Salter
State: New Hampshire
Zip: 03031
Country: United States
Phone: (603) 732-4000
Fax: (603) 732-4200
Platinum Seller
Number of Active Listings: 1348
Total Number of Listings: 23814
Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
FREE SHIPPING FOR ORDERS OVER $500! We also have a 30 day Inspection Period and NOT a 3 day Inspection.
Payment Types Accepted: We take all major credit cards with NO CREDIT CARD FEES! Also Check or Money order.
About Us: Joe Salter has been in the Antique and Collector Weapons business for 60 years as both a collector and dealer. Our company is based in Southern New Hampshire and we have had an internet based store front for the past 20 years. We are federally licensed and deal in all types of firearms and related material. We offer free Shipping for orders over $500.
Description:
NSN, .69 Caliber, 42" barrel with a very good, lightly pitted bore. This is a handsome musket, built with Charleville / Springfield type furniture, and having an imported British lock by Ashmore. The barrel has a mostly gray patina with thin patches of plum-brown freckling along its length, and clear markings at the breech, including an 1826 date and "LH" inspector markings (probably Luke Harrington, the state "barrel prover" of Worcester County, and whose initials have been found on barrels made by Elijah and Asa Waters of Millbury, MA). The fully functional lock has a matching, mostly gray patina with crisp decorative engraving and clear "R / ASHMORE / WARRANTED" markings beneath the pan. The walnut stock is in very good shape, with minor handling marks and small surface blemishes scattered throughout the old military oil finish. Some heavier pitting and a darker brown patina is visible on the iron buttplate, and the original iron ramrod is still present. In his book "Massachusetts Military Shoulder Arms 1784 & 1877" (1988), George Moller illustrates several muskets of nearly identical pattern, describing them as "variant armory pattern" muskets. This is a fantastic looking early American commercial militia pattern musket, and is in very good-fine condition overall. Antique;
Price: $2,995.00
Antique: Yes