Guns International #: 102431193
Seller's Inventory #: 228185

Category - Civil War Rifles - Antique Rifles - Percussion

Category
Civil War Rifles
Antique Rifles - Percussion

RARE 33” 2 Band HARPERS FERRY 1855 Rifle-MUSKET CIVIL WAR Antique .58 c1860 1 of 5151 IRON MOUNTED Two Band Maynard Tape Primed Muskets

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RARE 33” 2 Band HARPERS FERRY 1855 Rifle-MUSKET CIVIL WAR Antique .58 c1860

1 of 5151 IRON MOUNTED Two Band Maynard Tape Primed Muskets

Here we present an antique Harpers Ferry Armory U.S. Model 1855 Rifle-Musket, manufactured in 1860 in Harpers Ferry, Virginia. The Model 1855 was the first U.S. musket to utilize the .58 caliber Minie ball. The U.S. military was piloting a concept for all U.S. Army troops to have a common caliber, so that logistics would be simplified. The chosen caliber was .58, and it utilized the cutting-edge cone-shaped Minié ball with the hollow base instead of a spherical ball. Also, relatively new and short-lived was the Maynard tape priming system, to which Springfield had purchased the rights. Instead of directly priming the nipple by hand for each shot, the user would simply install a roll of paper percussion caps, and a single cap would be exposed, sheared and carried by the hammer to detonate on the nipple.

Only 5,151 iron-mounted 2-Band 1855 Rifles had been manufactured when the Harpers Ferry Armory was burned by Confederate forces in 1861. Many of the Model 1855 rifles were destroyed in the Armory fire and nearly all of the surviving rifles saw hard use with Federal and Confederate armies during the Civil War, and as a result any surviving examples of the Model 1855 Rifle are scarce and typically show the effects of hard field service. This has the 33-inch barrel with the separate saber bayonet lug (this one numbered 78), bladed front sight, and pierced two leaf rear sight. Iron hardware throughout including the small patchbox.

The overall condition is very good. Patinated. Excellent action. The bore is in very good shape for its age and remains clear with good rifling. This example has a solid stock that contains an average amount of wear. “1860” dated lock and barrel. A rarity from Harpers Ferry!

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

Barrel is 33 inches.

Caliber: .58 Percussion

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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$4400

#228185
 

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Antique: Yes