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This heavy, full-stock, percussion, .69 caliber, musket was originally a Model 1816 flintlock, smoothbore musket. It was altered to percussion ignition. A new Remington Arms Company Maynard-style… (2025-2517). Learn More »
One of the most attractive U.S. martial arms, the Remington 1862/63 Contract Rifle (in Moller’s terminology) has been known for decades as the “Zouave,” a nickname that is hard to overcome. And,… (172-6154). Learn More »
Asher and Pliny Bartlett of Springfield, Mass., signed an Oct. 31, 1808, US contract for 2,500 muskets to be delivered over five years and to be of the then current Springfield pattern, with Schmidt… (2025-3656). Learn More »
This is one of some 7,600 muskets acquired by the state of Maryland from the US government through allotment under the 1798 Militia Act and direct purchase between 1809 and 1812, also one of just some… (2025-3650). Learn More »
$2,950.00
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Written by Joe Kindig, Jr. Longrifle Series, York, Pennsylvania: George Shumway, 2002. Annotated Second Edition. Hardcover. 562 pages. Illustrated with black and white pictures of various rifles.… (205-183). Learn More »
$95.00
Originally $120.00
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By most accounts Harpers Ferry began manufacturing parts for these muskets in 1800 and started actual assembly in 1801. As with their Springfield-made counterparts the designation Model 1795 is… (2025-3652). Learn More »
Following the general lines of the French 1766 Charleville musket and referred to as a “Charleville pattern” in contemporary records, and the M1795 by modern collectors, this was one of 5,890… (2025-3651). Learn More »
Rufus Perkins of Bridgewater, CT, undertook a US contract on Oct. 31, 1808, for 2,500 muskets to be delivered within five years. He was experienced in firearms manufacture, apparently having worked… (2025-3657). Learn More »
Some 200,000 thousand firearms captured or collected by CS Ordnance teams and civilians, along with perhaps another 50,000 turned in by CS units, went through the cleaning and/or repair… (1301-01). Learn More »
$2,500.00
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The major seat of the War of 1812 was the Niagara Frontier that ran from Buffalo NY to Sackett's Harbour. Innumerable battles occurred along Lake Ontario. To name a few: Queenston Heights (1812),… (1284-28). Learn More »
This Model 1861, .58 caliber, percussion rifle-musket, dated 1863, is in complete, and fine condition. Produced at the Alfred Jenks & Co facility in Bridesburg, PA. The 40” long barrel is… (2025-3033). Learn More »
$1,950.00
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If you wish to see this exact firearm, please refer to The Fighting Men of the Civil War by William C. Davis, Gallery/Salamander Books 1989, Pages 231 and 232. Also Echoes of Glory Arms and Equipment… (1284-31). Learn More »
$16,950.00
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This compiler has been collecting Confederate firearms since 1960 and had articles published as early as 1969 on British weapons imported from England by the Confederacy. In all this time he has seen… (1284-25). Learn More »
$9,500.00
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Flayderman refers to Lemuel Pomeroy as, “A prolific maker of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, with entire production evidently devoted to numerous state contracts.” Pomeroy was apparently new to arms… (2025-3658). Learn More »
It is estimated that the Harpers Ferry arsenal manufactured 5,151 Type II Model1855 rifles in the years preceding the Civil War. The 3-banded version of the Model 1855 was the rifle-musket, while… (1284-24). Learn More »
$5,750.00
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Many claim that the "Brown Bess" was named after Elizabeth I of England (However she was dead over a century before the first of these was made). Uses of the term first appear in the later 18th… (1273-31). Learn More »
Spurred by rising tensions with Britain, most notably the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair of 1807, the US government began letting contracts arms makers for muskets based on the current Harpers Ferry or… (2025-3660). Learn More »
The lockplate on this musket is Riley’s Figure 318, both in the marking, a simple “N. HAVEN” in a banner scroll near the lower edge, forward of the cock, and the use of a flat lockplate, with… (2025-3661). Learn More »
This is a wonderful example of a Spencer Rifle, one of the most sought-after and advanced weapons of the Civil War. The action is strong and the firearm operates mechanically as new. The barrel… (490-7024). Learn More »
This 1808 US contract musket follows the lines of the Harpers Ferry pattern muskets, but with the Springfield style lock as seen on some other contract muskets that generally follow the Harpers Ferry… (2025-3664). Learn More »
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This sword belt plate, a very good example of an early pick-up, is mounted on a great old card typical of early relic displays labeled in brown ink, “Officers Belt Plate / battlefield of Harpers Ferry / West Virginia.” The plate has an untouched,… (1202-196). Learn More »