Guns International #: 102800089
Seller's Inventory #: 227531

Category - Antique Rifles - 1500-1850 - Kentucky Rifles

Category
Antique Rifles - 1500-1850
Kentucky Rifles

Antique SIMEON NORTH U.S. Model 1817 CONTRACT Smoothbored “COMMON RIFLE” “US” Marked 1 of 7,200 Contracted by Simeon North

Description:
Antique SIMEON NORTH U.S. Model 1817 CONTRACT Smoothbored “COMMON RIFLE”   

“US” Marked 1 of 7,200 Contracted by Simeon North

Here we present an antique U.S. Model 1817 Smoothbored “Common Rifle” from the Simeon North Contract, made in 1829 in Middletown, Connecticut. The The M1817 common rifle (also known as the Deringer M1817 rifle) issued due to the Dept. of Ordnance's order of 1814, produced and used from the 1820s to 1840s at the American frontier. The 36-inch barrel was rifled for .54 caliber bullets, though this example has been smoothbored.  For rifling it had seven grooves. Like the Model 1814, it had a large oval patchbox in the buttstock. Many of these were used during the American Civil War, especially in the early days of the conflict when military weapons were hard to come by.

After producing the Model 1814 common rifle through contractors, the military decided to do the same with the Model 1817. The Harper's Ferry Arsenal produced a pattern weapon, which was then taken to gunsmiths to be copied.

The overall condition is good. The action fully functions, but the hammer spring is quite weak. Good bore for its age and it remains smooth. Solid stock overall. A fairly large crack is present on the left side of the forarm. Middle barrel band is loose. Legible markings. “1829” dated lock. No rear sight.

Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.

Barrel is 36 inches.

Caliber: .69 Flintlock

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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$1900

#227531
 

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Antique: Yes