Harpers Ferry Model 1816 Conversion

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Harpers Ferry Model 1816 Conversion 

 

U.S. Model 1816 Harpers Ferry musket altered to percussion using the cone-in-barrel conversion method. The .69 caliber smoothbore arm represents the large number of earlier flintlock muskets modernized during the mid-nineteenth century as percussion ignition replaced the flint system.

 

Converted Model 1816 muskets such as this remained widely used by state militia and early Civil War volunteer units when more modern rifled muskets were not yet available.

 

Converted Model 1816 muskets were among the most common stop-gap arms of the 1840s through early Civil War period. Originally produced as flintlocks, they were modernized through cone-in-barrel, side-bolster, or braised-bolster systems in order to extend their useful life after percussion ignition superseded the flint mechanism. These conversions are historically significant because they document the long service life of early U.S. military arms and the enormous demand for shoulder weapons in both state and national service.

 

Inventory Number: RIF 324

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