Musket
- Object Name:
- Musket
- Object ID:
- 1975.578
- Creator:
- Barstow, Joshua & Charles C.
- Place of Origin:
- Exeter, NH
- Date:
- 1810-1814
- Description:
- Musket. U. S. Model 1808 contract flintlock, manufactured by Joshua & Charles C. Barstow, Exeter, NH. .69 caliber smoothbore steel barrel (44.75") with a tapered, decreasing diameter to the flat-crowned muzzle; square bayonet lug brazed on top of barrel behind muzzle. Assembly marks "US / CT beneath eagle head, in oval / V" stamped on top, end of barrel near breech plug. Flat steel lockplate and mechanism screwed to side; hinged spring hammer with adjustable single-slot screw, and rectangular flint; upright frizzen; horizontal frizzen spring with a teardrop shaped finial; rounded horizontal flash pan; "J.&C.B" stamped on rear end of lockplate; "US" stamped on middle of lockplate above eagle stamp; "EXETER" stamped beneath. Trigger and curved guard plate (10.5") screwed to bottom of stock. L shaped flat side plate (3.8") attached with two domed single slot screws. Rounded convex butt plate (4.4") attached with single-slot screw. Black walnut stock (56.5"). "TF" carved on stock behind side plate. Three steel bands with round lug springs attach barrel to stock; brass sight blade brazed and riveted to the top of the rear barrel ring; sling swivels screwed to the bottom of the middle barrel ring and guard plate. Ramrod tapered at end with concave button head; ball screw and wiper on opposite end; slotted under barrel.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal
Steel
Walnut
Brass - Dimensions:
- L-59.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Found in Collection
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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