From Charleville to Springfield: Part 2

[@SchlawinerUlm]

Very interesting, thank you! I'm glad to own one of the rare 1842 with rifled barrel, reproduced by pedersoli 25 years ago

[@andrewwash8005]

This series I found very interesting and learned something about several of my original muskets. Those are the 1812 Whitney, 1840 Springfield, and an early Harpers Ferry 1842 Springfield. The fact that some of the 1842 Springfields had a thicker barrel to allow for riffling explains why most of my 1842 bayonets are too small to fit the barrel but my French bayonet does fit.

[@CivilWarDigitalDigest]

Glad you enjoyed!!!

[@thomasbaagaard]

own two french M1822T. In 1848 when the 1st sleswig war broke out they where stil flintlocks being held in storage. 20.000 was sold to Denmark after a conversion to percussion and used during the war. Then in 1860/61 most of them where uprifled. (one of mine is rifled.. the other is not) It is easy to see how they belong to the same (extented) family as the american muskets from the period.

[@ericjrat]

Learned a lot, thanks!

[@danieljosiahcotton]

Looking forward to this episode. Thanks for the constant stream of excellent content.

[@johnmathews4390]

Great video series! Well worth watching!

[@CivilWarDigitalDigest]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@mickeyholding7970]

❤

[@deadsweetheart1]

Did you guys do one on the Mississippi rifle and less talked about enfield 2 band

[@CivilWarDigitalDigest]

We have not done something specifically on the Mississippi yet. The two band Enfield was only discussed in relation to sharpshooter weapons and in that case the confederacy.

[@SlickSixguns]

Cool thanks for sharing

[@dougdukes1039]

So was the 1803 a completely different animal? Not part of this family, or what? Thanks

[@andrewroscoe4318]

Doug, that is correct. The 1803 rifle, which saw extensive service in the War of 1812 with the US Regiment of Riflemen, was not connected to this weapon. It was more of a descendant of the Pennsylvania Long Rifle, made into a more serviceable military weapon by shortening the barrel, increasing the caliber, and making it more robust.

[@dougdukes1039]

@@andrewroscoe4318 Thanks

[@GrumpysAlaska-ue2lp]

​@andrewroscoe4318 I would be more inclined to say that the 1803 was more closely related to British sporting weapons and short germanic Jaegers of the day. Half stock , hollow under lug ..but given a beefy military musket lock

[@josephgonzales4802]

Very interesting. I learned a lot and thank you. 🤗