CIVIL WAR 1862 HEWES AND PHILLIPS CONVERSION BAYONET

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Item Code: 1037-447

The New Jersey company of Hewes and Phillips altered to percussion some 20,000 Flintlock Muskets of the model 1816 and 1840 patterns for the state of the New Jersey and the US Government from 1861/62. Early collectors referred to them as US model 1862 (H & P Conversion), the blade similar to the model 1855 style, longer and thinner than the original 1816 pattern bayonet. 1816 style socket bayonet, with its “T” shaped mortise, made it suitable for issue with the H & P muskets and for the Model 1816 muskets. Bayonet in excellent condition, bright steel with scattered age spots.           [ws]

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