Original U.S. Springfield Model 1816 Contract Musket by Lemuel Pomeroy Dated 1830 - Flintlock Reconversion Availability_International showing a lovely polished steel

showing a lovely polished steel finish

The blade is dated on the blade's spine 13 under a proof mark of a Crown over O

and into the post war era

so I told Mort to bail out and pulled the ‘D’ ring between my legs

Original U.S. Springfield Model 1816 Contract Musket by Lemuel Pomeroy Dated 1830 - Flintlock Reconversion Availability_International showing a lovely polished steelOriginal item: One Only. The U. S. Model 1816 Musket was a . 69 caliber smoothbore flintlock, with a 42 inch barrel and an overall length of 58 inches. It replaced the previous model 1812 musket, and often is viewed as a further development of that design. Like the Model 1812, the Model 1816 borrowed heavily from the design of the French Charleville model 1777 musket, but had a longer lock plate, a shorter trigger guard, and a longer bayonet than the