Original U.S. Civil War Era Springfield Model 1816 Percussion Converted Musket by Harpers Ferry - dated 1818 Chinese Militaria so get it while you

so get it while you can

but it is quite worn

and is marked on the top of the barrel with the Adams maker information:

Yorktown hosted the Secretary of the Navy on board when he greeted the Great White Fleet on its arrival in San Francisco in May 1908

so it looks almost like an unissued cap that unfortunately had the leather sweatband succumb to dry rot

Original U.S. Civil War Era Springfield Model 1816 Percussion Converted Musket by Harpers Ferry - dated 1818 Chinese Militaria so get it while youOriginal 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