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Fine & Scarce Original Flint US Model 1840 Contract Musket by Daniel Nippes100 Photos
Fine & Scarce Original Flint US Model 1840 Contract Musket by Daniel Nippes
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This item is in Cincinnati, OH
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Overview of Fine & Scarce Original Flint US Model 1840 Contract Musket by Daniel Nippes
Item Details
.69 caliber. 42" round barrel secured by three flat, spring-retained barrel bands. SN: NSN. Bright finish, iron furniture, walnut stock. Single shot, smoothbore, muzzleloading flintlock musket. Lock marked in two horizontal lines below the pan, D. NIPPES / U.S. and in four vertical lines at the tail: MILL / CREEK / PA / 1846. Lock in original flintlock configuration with internal parts marked with a small W. Removable fenced brass pan with perfect fit, correct "perfect circle" rounded reinforced iron cock. Breech plug tang dated 1847 and left breech with US / JH inspection marks and with a raised P in depressed starburst proof. Left breech flat with small H inspection. Counterpane with two crisp script cartouches, the JH of arsenal sub-inspector John Hawkins and the WAT of accepting Ordnance Officer William Anderson Thornton. U.S. on buttplate tang, small H inspections on some smaller parts. Retains original brass blade front sight, both sling swivels and the steel trumpet head ramrod that is full-length with threads on the end. The US Model 1840 Musket was the last of the US flintlock infantry long arms and was rather quickly superseded by the Model 1842. The guns were only produced by three makers, Springfield Arsenal who produced 30,421 between 1840 and 1844, Lemuel Pomeroy who produced 7,000 between 1840 and 1846 and Daniel Nippes who produced 5,100 between 1843 and 1847. The large majority of the Model 1840 muskets were never issued for use as flintlocks, as they were being delivered well into the percussion era when they had already been made obsolete by the Model 1842. As a result many sat in storage at the various arsenals until they were altered to percussion, having never seen use in their original configuration. In the case of Nippes's contract guns some 2,000 were altered to the Maynard tape priming system, many before they even left Nippes' factory as flintlocks. Those alterations alone leave only 3,100 flintlock Model 1840 muskets from that contract, with the large majority of them later being altered to percussion by the more conventional US arsenal cone in barrel system. As a result, an original flint US Model 1840 Musket is an extremely rare gun to find in the first place, with a Nippes contract gun a highly unlikely find due to the very small production quantities. This is a fabulous, crisp example and would certainly please the most discerning of collectors and fills a gap in almost every advanced US musket collection, an original flint Model 1840. CONDITION: Fine. Metal with a mottled and moderately oxidized brown and gray patina, uncleaned and crisp throughout. Clear markings in metal and wood. Lock in original flint and fully functional. Touchhole unmolested, well centered in the pan with appropriate taper and angle. Smooth bore fine and most bright with some oxidation and accumulated dust. Stock fine, crisp with sharp edges and feathery grain, showing only some scattered minor bumps, dings and mars. EST: $7000 - $10000
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