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General discussion => Antique Gun Collecting => Topic started by: G. Edward LeFevre on April 27, 2023, 12:54:21 AM

Title: Discussion on the Model 1803 Harpers Ferry Rifle in For Sale
Post by: G. Edward LeFevre on April 27, 2023, 12:54:21 AM

Probably bored smooth to .58 for confederacy.

See this rifle here: https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=76460.0

Title: Discussion on the Model 1803 Harpers Ferry Rifle in For Sale
Post by: Clark Badgett on April 27, 2023, 04:52:08 AM

Quote from: G. Edward LeFevre on April 27, 2023, 12:54:21 AM

Probably bored smooth to .58 for confederacy.

For use as a fowler. The CS rifled their rebores.

Title: Discussion on the Model 1803 Harpers Ferry Rifle in For Sale
Post by: mr. no gold on April 27, 2023, 11:57:09 PM

Somewhere I read that sometime after closure of manufacture, these rifles were sent west for use along the frontier at that time. Sometime much later they were gathered up and sent to St. Louis and then to shops where they were bored out smooth and converted to percussion. If you find one that is flint, but smooth, it probably was a conversion and retuned to flint much later. I was contemplating a purchase of one of these and after reading the above, declined it. This one looks legitimate to my eye; still cap & ball.
Dick

Title: Re: Discussion on the Model 1803 Harpers Ferry Rifle in For Sale
Post by: Dennis Glazener on April 28, 2023, 08:07:02 PM

This discussion is about the Harpers Ferry rifle in our For Sale forum at this URL : https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=76460.0

We try to keep discussion out of the For Sale Forum.
Dennis