I used to own an 1842 pattern Springfield musket, lockplate dated 1850. The bore was a little ragged but was good enough for me to use blank cartridges at civil war reenactments in the late 1980s. Everybody ooo'd and ahhhed over it, admiring that I had an original "pumpkin shooter."
I bought a reproduction of this musket today, an Armi Sport defarbed by Lodgewood, a very nice job of it. Had it been an antique it would've been much more expensive and I would have questions about the safety of shooting it. All the modern marks are gone, replaced by the correct stamps, the stock was re-contoured and stained dark walnut with the correct cartouche. For all purposes a new made 1842 Harper's.
Lodgewood does great work. I also have a 42 they worked on. I'm going to be going into the "defarbing" process in a future video and plan to highlight some of their work.
Originals are tough to find but can be had at Civil War shows if you're willing to hunt and spend the money. Alternatively, you can get a reproduction from any number of sellers who deal in muskets. I like Lodgewood.
On a personal note, I have no idea how C&Rsenal can do this every other week for like ten times as long.
I used to own an 1842 pattern Springfield musket, lockplate dated 1850. The bore was a little ragged but was good enough for me to use blank cartridges at civil war reenactments in the late 1980s. Everybody ooo'd and ahhhed over it, admiring that I had an original "pumpkin shooter."
I bought a reproduction of this musket today, an Armi Sport defarbed by Lodgewood, a very nice job of it. Had it been an antique it would've been much more expensive and I would have questions about the safety of shooting it. All the modern marks are gone, replaced by the correct stamps, the stock was re-contoured and stained dark walnut with the correct cartouche. For all purposes a new made 1842 Harper's.
Lodgewood does great work. I also have a 42 they worked on. I'm going to be going into the "defarbing" process in a future video and plan to highlight some of their work.
@@MusketMissive hi,will look forward to that.thanks.
Great information!
Awesome video!!!
where can I get a ramrod for mine?
Originals are tough to find but can be had at Civil War shows if you're willing to hunt and spend the money. Alternatively, you can get a reproduction from any number of sellers who deal in muskets. I like Lodgewood.
The invention of interchangeable parts is where America began to stray away from God's vision.
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What is *wrong* with you?
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