Musket
- Object Name:
- Musket
- Object ID:
- 1966.545.401
- Creator:
- Waters, Asa (1769-1841)
Gunsmith - Place of Origin:
- Millbury, MA
- Date:
- 1817
- Description:
- Muzzleloading flintlock musket, smoothbore, with round barrel (barrel length: 42"; .68 caliber). Gun is fully stocked. Barrel is attached to stock by 3 bands and 3 retaining springs. Bayonet mounting stud at muzzle, on top. Front sight on rear strap of forward band. All furniture is iron; all iron is browned: barrel; bands; lockplate; flat S-shaped sideplate; ramrod; trigger guard; 2 sling swivels (forward swivel attached to center band, underside; rear swivel attached in front of trigger guard bow); flat butt plate with 2.4" tang.
Markings: Lockplate: (forward of cock): "US" over "Millbury"; (rear of cock): 1817; breech of barrel: "US" and "NH"; stock: (butt, right side): "W.H.B.". - Material:
- Wood
Metal - Dimensions:
- L-57 inches
- Provenance:
- From the Horace W. Harmon Collection. Harmon catalog entry #401: "Flintlock Gun, Springfield pattern, 1817. By Wm. Snow, Eaton, N.H. 1899. Such as used by 1st NE Reg., Mexican War".
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Horace W. Harmon
- Subjects:
- Firearms, Muskets, Mexican-American War
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