Episode Six: Springfield Model 1855 Rifle Musket
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- čas přidán 30. 07. 2024
- Welcome to McNally's Rifle Musket Missive. In this episode we examine the Model 1855 rifle musket, America's first standard issue rifle, first non-Charleville derivative, and an unsuccessful attempt at making loading easier.
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Those primers look like the old cap gun caps we used to shoot as kids.
Never used during the war. Caped just like the other muskets The ones made by the CSA at Richmond had the bump but no place for the caps.
This was the cat's pajamas for a long time, up through the Civil War. It fired the famed .58 caliber mine' ball.
Thanks you for the explanation of the Maynard system, usually it is only mentioned as a failed footnote. It was cool to see the original priming roll. I prefer shootable arms to museum pieces. Keep up the good work.
Interesting, informative, and possessing an ever-increasing level of presentation. Keep'em coming!
I just stumbled across this channel, and I really like these videos. I've been trying to find an 1855 for a while now, but am curious... in your ballpark estimate, how much price difference is there between a shooter vs collector example? I would love to find one from Harpers Ferry ever since my wife and I went there on vacation a few years ago but the small handful I've seen so far have all been Springfield.
Prices can vary wildly depending on condition, originality of parts, seller, buyer, phase of the moon, etc., but based on my experience (which is limited, so take it with a grain of salt), a collector example (great condition, original parts) would probably start around $2,000. A shooter example (polished like mine is, some replacement parts) can run anywhere from $500 ("this is what I paid for it in 1973 so that's what I decided to sell it for") to the collector range. Harpers Ferry examples tend to cost at least 10% more.
I have a 1853 69 smove bor Springfield
can we can a speed loading versus a brown bess hahaha.
That sounds like it could be very embarrassing for me. Then again, embarrassment is good content. I'll start saving for a Brown Bess.
@@MusketMissive you can take any alternatives that would be equal. id like to see what the last musket in it's prime reloading speed would be versus one of the well known onces old muskets of the time. before they where changed out to needle bolt action rifles. which already existed by this time. and WOW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreyse_needle_gun i didn't realize how late the US civil war was.