Guns International #: 102027993
Seller's Inventory #: 220103

Category - Harpers Ferry Rifles - Civil War Rifles

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Harpers Ferry Rifles
Civil War Rifles

1827 Antique HARPERS FERRY Model 1816 “CONE” Percussion CONVERSION Musket Civil War Conversion of the Venerable Model 1816!

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1827 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 1827. 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.

The advent of the Model 1842 Musket made the M1816 obsolete, but not unserviceable. Eventually, most made their way to storehouses and armories. Beginning in 1848, when more than 700,000 of all types of flintlock muskets where reported in storage, the most serviceable where converted to percussion ignition. Three types of alteration were performed. All alterations involved grinding the flash pan down and replacing the hammer. The "French Style" conversion added a drum and nipple to the flashhole. The "Belgian Style", or “Cone Conversion”, involved plugging the vent hole with a weld and tapping a nipple directly into the barrel. 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 last type of conversion was used late in the renovation process, beginning about 1852, and involved adding a bolster to the breech of the barrel, so it is termed the "Bolster Style" of conversion.

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+. Dark, even patina throughout. The action is excellent. The bore is smooth and patinated. The walnut stock shows wear and remains solid.

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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$1500

#220103
 

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Antique: Yes