Standard Catalog of Civil War Firearms. John F. Graf

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СКАЧАТЬ GOOD–$900 FINE–$2,000

       GREENWOOD ALTERATIONOF U.S. MODEL 1842 MUSKETTO RIFLED MUSKET, .69 CALIBER, PAPER CARTRIDGE, PERCUSSION

      Original muskets manufactured by Harpers Ferry Armory, Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, 1843–55, and Springfield Armory, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1844–55; altered to rifled muskets by Miles Greenwood & Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1861. Total altered: approximately 8,400.

      Overall length: 57-13/16". Weight: approximately 9 lbs. 4 oz.

      Muzzleloader, single shot.

      Eagle over “US” on lock plate in front of hammer; “HARPERS / FERRY / [year]” or “SPRING / FIELD / [year]” vertically on lock plate to rear of hammer; “V / P / [eagle head]” proof mark on left side of barrel near breech; inspector’s initials forward of proof marks on some examples; year on barrel tang; “US” on tang of butt stock.

      In 1861 the State of Ohio contracted with Miles Greenwood & Company to alter a quantity of U.S. Model 1842 smoothbore muskets to rifled muskets with long-range rear sights. Greenwood reportedly altered 8,406 of these weapons, rifled with four narrow grooves, and with rear sights similar to the British P1853 rifle-musket soldered to the barrel.

GOOD–$1,200

FINE–$3,500

       GREENWOOD ALTERATIONTO AUSTRIAN MODEL 1842 MUSKETTO RIFLED MUSKET, APPROXIMATELY .70 CALIBER, PAPER CARTRIDGE, PERCUSSION

      Manufactured by Austrian national armory, alteration by Miles Greenwood & Co. and Hall, Carroll, & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, 1861. Total production: approximately 10,000.

      Overall length: 57-3/4".

      Muzzleloader, single shot.

      Three-digit date (omitting the first digit “1”) to front of hammer on lock plate; Austrian imperial double-headed eagle to rear of hammer on lock plate; most metal parts stamped with identical numbers.

      In 1861, Miles Greenwood & Company contracted to alter 10,000 Austrian Model 1842 smoothbore muskets destined for Gen. John Charles Frémont’s Missouri troops. Greenwood subcontracted 5,000 of the units to Hall, Carroll, & Company, also of Cincinnati. Reportedly, the alteration consisted of replacing the Austrian tubelock ignition apparatus with a percussion system, possibly of the cone-in-barrel (or Belgian) type, as well as installing a long-range rear sight soldered to the barrel. This model of musket had a 43" barrel and easily identifiable lock markings.

GOOD–$400

FINE–$1,500

       U.S. MODEL 1851 RIFLED CADET MUSKET, .57 CALIBER, PAPER CARTRIDGE, PERCUSSION

      Manufactured by Springfield Armory, Springfield, Massachusetts, ca. 1851–53, rifled by Springfield Armory, 1857. Total production: ca. 341.

      Overall length: 55-1/4".

      Muzzleloader, single shot.

      “SPRING / FIELD / [year]” on lock plate to rear of hammer; eagle over “US” on lock plate to front of hammer; year on top of breech plug tang; “V,” “P,” and eagle head near breech.

      Springfield Armory’s records for 1857 reported that 341 Model 1851 Cadet Muskets, smoothbore, were rifled and equipped with long-range rear sights. These rifled muskets had 40" barrels and iron furniture, finished bright; and three barrel bands (upper band with double strap).

GOOD–$850

FINE–$2,000

       P.S. JUSTICE RIFLED MUSKET, .69 CALIBER, TYPE I, PAPER CARTRIDGE, PERCUSSION

      Made by Philip S. Justice, Philadelphia, 1861. Total production: Unknown.

      Overall length: 54-3/4".

      Muzzleloader, single shot.

      “P.S. JUSTICE / PHILADA” on lock plate to front of hammer and on top of barrel near breech; on some specimens, a number to rear of bayonet stud and eagle on lock plate to front of hammer.

      Philip S. Justice supplied 2,174 .69-caliber rifled muskets in three distinctive types to the U.S. Ordnance Department in the fall of 1861. Similar in appearance to the U.S. Model 1816 musket converted to percussion, the Type I rifled musket was assembled from old-stock parts, with a new (and often unseasoned) black walnut stock. The 39" barrel was rifled with three wide lands and shallow grooves. It included a long-range rear sight, Model 1816 lock and trigger, and three Model 1840 or 1842 barrel bands with springs and sling swivel on the bottom of the middle band.

GOOD–$800

FINE–$1,700

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       P.S. JUSTICE RIFLED MUSKET, .69 CALIBER, TYPE II, PAPER CARTRIDGE, PERCUSSION.

      Made by Philip S. Justice, Philadelphia, 1861. Total production: Unknown.

      Overall length: 55". Weight: 7 lbs. 6 oz.

      Muzzleloader, single shot.

      “P.S. JUSTICE / PHILADA” on lock plate to front of hammer and on top of barrel near breech; on some specimens, a number to rear of bayonet stud and eagle on lock plate to front of hammer.

      At least one weapons expert has called the Justice Type II rifled musket perhaps the poorest firearm submitted to the U.S. Ordnance Department in the Civil War, and possibly the only martial shoulder arm of the war with the barrel pinned to the stock, in lieu of barrel bands. The 39" browned barrel was fitted with a long-range rear sight or a fixed, V-notch sight. All furniture was brass, and included a patch box in the butt stock, two ramrod thimbles, and a trigger guard bow with a distinctive reverse curve on the bottom. There were no provisions for sling swivels. The black walnut stock was crudely manufactured, often of unseasoned wood.

GOOD–$800

FINE–$1,700

       P.S. JUSTICE RIFLED MUSKET, .69 CALIBER, TYPE III, PAPER CARTRIDGE, PERCUSSION.

      Made by Philip S. Justice, Philadelphia, 1861. Total production: Unknown.

      Muzzleloader, single shot.

      “P.S. JUSTICE / PHILADA” on lock plate to front of hammer and on top of barrel near breech; on some specimens, an eagle on lock plate to front of hammer.

      Of the three types of Justice Rifled Musket, СКАЧАТЬ