Guns International #: 102827048
Seller's Inventory #: 230081

Category - Antique Rifles - 1500-1850 - Antique Rifles - Percussion

Category
Antique Rifles - 1500-1850
Antique Rifles - Percussion

1843 mfr Antique POMEROY US Model 1840 .69 Rifled Conversion Musket BAYONET 1 of 7,000 by Lemuel Pomeroy, Pittsfield

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1843 mfr Antique POMEROY US Model 1840 .69 Rifled Conversion Musket BAYONET

1 of 7,000 by Lemuel Pomeroy, Pittsfield

Here we present an antique Lemuel Pomeroy U.S. Model 1840 Rifled-Musket, manufactured in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, circa 1840. This musket was originally produced as a smoothbored flintlock at the very end of the flintlock period. The vast majority of these were updated to percussion not long after these were made—this one also had its bore rifled. This is a refined armory conversion. These would have been in use through the American Civil War.

The Model 1840 was produced from 1840 to 1844 at the Springfield Armory in Massachusetts, with a total of 30,421 muskets produced there. This musket model never went into production at Harpers Ferry, where the last variant of the Model 1816 Musket (the M1822/28) remained in production until the adoption of the Model 1842. While the Ordnance Department had relied heavily on numerous contractors to produce muskets during the 1820s and 1830s, it only contracted with two outside vendors to produce the new pattern of musket. The Daniel Nippes Company of Mill Creek, PA delivered 5,100 of the muskets from 1842-1848 and Lemuel Pomeroy of Pittsfield, MA delivered another 7,000 from 1840 to 1846.

The overall condition is fine. Bright finish. The action is excellent. The bore is bright with sharp rifling. The walnut stock is solid throughout and shows two clear cartouches. There is a small, stable chip on the right side near the middle barrel band.

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

Barrel is 42 inches.

Caliber: .69 Percussion

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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Antique: Yes