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Original New England Militia Musket Reconverted to Flintlock w/ Bayonet
Guns International #: 103684230 Seller's Inventory #: 53135
Category: Military Rifles - Antique - Military Rifles - US
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: 1306
Total Number of Listings: 26278
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, bright bore that has some minor freckling and pinprick pitting near the muzzle. This is a very handsome musket, built along British lines, that uses a US Model 1816 musket barrel marked "P / US / 1833" on the left side of the barrel breech, and "XVIII" on the underside. The barrel has retained about 70-75% of an old browned finish with some mottling present throughout, as well as some light-moderate pitting at the breech on the right side surrounding the added vent plate. The musket is equipped with a high quality unmarked modern flintlock that is equipped with both a swan-necked cock and roller bearing frizzen spring. The metal has nearly all of the original browned finish remaining, which closely matches the period browning on the barrel. The musket has a nicely proportioned, pin-fastened, full-length stock that has numerous minor handling marks and small surface blemishes throughout the old oil finish. There are two short with-the-grain cracks on the left side: one running back from the brass nosecap, and one running forward from the rear lock screw bolster. The right side has a thin wooden veneer added around the lockplate when the gun was reconverted to flint. The brass stock furniture has an overall dull yellow-ochre patina, with some faintly legible letters scratched into the wrist escutcheon: "M W B / C H N H" (possibly owner’s initials over a town or unit and New Hampshire state marking). The musket is accompanied by a modern brass-tipped steel ramrod, as well as an old, unmarked Enfield-style socket bayonet that has a 17" angular blade with hollow-ground back flutes. The metal has an overall dull brown patina, with a slight break at the base of the blade, and an added locking collar on the 3 1/4" long socket with L-shaped mortise. This is a handsome militia musket, and rates very good condition overall. Antique;
Price: $995.00
Antique: Yes