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Category - Antique Rifles - Flintlock - Civil War Rifles

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Antique Rifles - Flintlock
Civil War Rifles

Antique L. POMEROY U.S. Model 1816 FLINTLOCK .69 Cal. Smoothbore MUSKET 1 of 21,600 U.S. Contracted for Production Between 1817-36!

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Antique L. POMEROY U.S. Model 1816 FLINTLOCK .69 Cal. Smoothbore MUSKET

1 of 21,600 U.S. Contracted for Production Between 1817-36!

Here we present an antique Lemuel Pomeroy U.S. Model 1816 Flintlock Musket, manufactured in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, circa 1836. The Model 1816 made 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.

The advent of the Model 1842 Musket made the M1816 obsolete, but not unserviceable. Eventually, most made their way to storehouses and armories. Beginning in 1848, when more than 700,000 of all types of flintlock muskets where reported in storage, the most serviceable where converted to percussion ignition. Three types of alteration were performed. All alterations involved grinding the flash pan down and replacing the hammer. The "French Style" conversion added a drum and nipple to the flashhole. The "Belgian Style" involved plugging the vent hole with a weld and tapping a nipple directly into the barrel. This is the type of conversion that was only done at Harper's Ferry and Springfield and is sometimes referred to as an "armory conversion." The last type of conversion was used late in the renovation process, beginning about 1852, and involved adding a bolster to the breech of the barrel, so it is termed the "Bolster Style" of conversion.

The M1816 was in production at Springfield (325,000) and Harpers Ferry (350,000) between 1816 to 1844 with around 675,000 muskets produced during this run. Additionally, more than a dozen contractors also made the Model 1816 Muskets like this one, during its production years, adding more than 146,000 muskets for a grand total of 821,421 M1816 Muskets produced. It saw service during the Mexican-American War and was even pressed into service during the Civil War in both the updated percussion and the old flintlock format. In the 1850’s, many 1816’s went through the conversion from flintlock to percussion.


This example is littered with “US” stamps. They can be seen on the lock, bayonet, and buttplate tang. “L POMEROY” is engraved on the lock. The lock is dated “1829”, while the barrel shows “1836”. The initials “JM”, for Sub-Ordnance Inspector Justin Murphy can be found stamped into the left barrel, and the cartouche on the left side of the stock.

The overall condition is good+. Reconversion. The action does not function at present—the tumbler and sear appear to have been chipped and there was an attempt to make it go again. The bore is bright.

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

Barrel is 42 inches.

Caliber: .69

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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$1725

#20340
 

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Antique: Yes