H&P Type I Alteration of a US Springfield Model 1816 Type III Musket

American Civil War

.69 caliber. 42" rifled round barrel secured by three flat, spring retained bands. NSN. Bright finish, smooth walnut stock. Single shot muzzleloading percussion altered US military musket altered from flintlock to percussion with a chambered breech, rifled and sighted. Lock marked with a {Spread-Winged Eagle}/US forward of the hammer and in three vertical lines at the tail: SPRING/FIELD/1831. Hewes & Phillips added patent breech plug tang dated 1861 with H&P on top of breech. Counterpane with two script cartouches, the original ET inspection mark of Elisha Toby and the EB/2 inspection rating cartouche of Elizur Bates. The original final script JS inspection cartouche of Springfield's Assistant Master Armorer John Stebbins is present behind the triggerguard . Altered to percussion by the firm of Hewes & Phillips of Newark, NJ with a patent breech with clean out screw in the bolster and additionally modified by rifling the bore and adding an inverted US 1858 pattern 3-leaf rear sight at the breech with a taller iron blade front sight on the upper barrel band. Approximately 8,000 guns were so altered with patent breeches, rifled bores and long range rear sights, primarily for the state of New Jersey. This gun has a weak NJ New Jersey ownership marking on the left barrel flat. Musket retains both original sling swivels, the H&P added tall iron front sight on the upper band, the small socket bayonet mounting lug on the top of the barrel near the muzzle and an original button head ramrod that is about 3" short of full length that has had the head correctly dished for use with elongated ball ammunition. {ANTIQUE}

From the Lifetime Collection of Robert G. Paulsen

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

Good to Very Good. Bore good to very good, moderately oxidized with crisp, shallow, 3-groove riling. Metal moderately oxidized with scattered freckles and patches of discoloration and mottling present. Markings remain mostly clear and legible throughout. Mechanically functional action. Rear sight with the 300 yard leaf broken and missing. Stock with moderate wear but retaining good edges and showing numerous scattered bumps, dings and mars in the wood.

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Tim Prince has more than 30-years of experience in the field of antique and collectible arms and is a nationally recognized expert in the area of Civil War small arms. A long-time researcher and author, Tim has been a contributing author to two major books about Civil War firearms, including The English Connection: Arms, Material and Support Furnished to the Confederate States of America by Great Britain (2014) and Confederate Shotguns and Southern Agent Marked Shotguns (2017). He was also a major contributor to the recently updated Blue Book of Antique American Firearms & Values – 2nd Edition (2019) as well as the 2010 updates to the Civil War Collector's Price Guide - 12th edition. Over the last decade Tim has authored more than 50 articles on 19th century collectible and military arms, which have been published in such varied publications as Civil War News, North-South Trader, and Military Antique Collector. Since 2016 has appeared as a featured appraiser in the field of Arms & Militaria on the popular PBS television series Antiques Roadshow. He is a member of the American Society of Arms Collectors and currently serves on the board of directors of that organization. He is also a member of and formerly served on the board of directors of the Society of American Bayonet Collectors. Tim is a life member of the Ohio Valley Military Society, the Tennessee Military Collectors Association, the Alabama Military Collectors Association, is a member of the Company of Military Historians and is a member of numerous other colleting groups and societies. He is the owner of College Hill Arsenal, a web based antique and collectible arms retail web site, specializing in the American Civil War and related military items. Tim has engaged in the business of buying, selling, researching, and appraising antique and collectible arms and associated military items for some three decades. Since 2016 he has also served as a senior Consulting Specialist in the field of Arms, Armor & Militaria for Cowan’s Auctions, a Freeman's Company.

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