Model 1816 U.S. Flintlock Musket

1824

Place madeSpringfield, Massachusetts, United States, North America

Wood, iron, brass, steel

Overall: 58 in. ( 147.3 cm )
Part (barrel): 42 1/8 in. (107 cm)

Gift of the Washington Headquarters Association, Daughters of the American Revolution

1947.294

The Model 1816 flintlock musket was the primary arm of U.S. infantrymen from 1816 until 1840. By 1861, most serviceable flintlock muskets had been converted to percussion, and many of the altered guns were used by Union and Confederate troops during the Civil War.

DescriptionWood, iron, brass, and steel flintlock musket; iron furniture; trumpet-head steel ramrod; stamped marks at center and tail of lockplate; stamped proofs at breech end of barrel.

Markingsstamped: tail of lockplate: "SPRING/FIELD/1824"; eagle head proof at breech end of barrel stamped: center of lockplate: "SPRINGFIELD" (eagle grasping branch/arrows in claws to left of mark)

ClassificationsMILITARY TOOLS & EQUIPMENT: FIREARM