Guns International #: 103256980
Seller's Inventory #: 250659

Category - Springfield Rifles - Antique - Antique Rifles - 1500-1850

Category
Springfield Rifles - Antique
Antique Rifles - 1500-1850

Antique U.S. SPRINGFIELD ARMORY M1816 Percussion CONVERSION Musket BAYONET 1837 mfg. U.S. Military LONGARM w/BAYONET & SLING

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Antique U.S. SPRINGFIELD ARMORY M1816 Percussion CONVERSION Musket BAYONET

1837 mfg. U.S. Military LONGARM w/BAYONET & SLING

Here we present an antique Springfield U.S. Model 1816 Conversion Musket with a Bayonet and Sling, manufactured at the armory at Springfield, Massachusetts, 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 War of 1812 revealed many weaknesses in American muskets. In an attempt to improve both the design and manufacture of the musket, the Model 1812 musket was created. The Model 1816 made further improvements and replaced the Model 1812.
Harpers Ferry became America’s second national armory after the site was personally selected by George Washington, with the Springfield Armory being the first. The U.S. Congress authorized the building of the new foundry in 1794, and by the following year, was producing hundreds of arms for the national army, which was primarily flintlock muskets and pistols. Inspired largely by the French Charleville Model 1777 musket, Harpers Ferry began producing the Model 1816. The M1816 was a smoothbore, muzzle loading weapon which used a .69 caliber musket ball. A trained shooter could fire between two and three rounds at a range of up to 200 yards per minute.

The overall condition is very good. Bright gray patina. The stock is good with average handling wear and has been refinished. The action is robust with a replacement nipple. The bore is bright and smooth. Legible markings. Cartouche remnants on the left stock flat. Leather sling is good with “U.S. / VI / X” marked bayonet.

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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$2100

#250659
 

Antique: Yes

Price: $2,100.00
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