Fine Hewes & Phillips Type II Alteration of a Springfield Model 1822 (1816 Type II) Musket
Sale 2030 - Arms, Armor and Militaria
Oct 23, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
Estimate
$1,600 -
$2,000
Lot Description
Fine Hewes & Phillips Type II Alteration of a Springfield Model 1822 (1816 Type II) Musket
American Civil War
.69 caliber. 42" round barrel secured by three flat, spring retained bands. NSN. Freckled traces of National Armory Brown finish, now essentially bright, iron furniture, smooth walnut stock. Single shot muzzleloading percussion altered US military musket. Lock marked with a {SPREAD-WINGED EAGLE}/US forward of the hammer and in three vertical lines at the tail: SPRING/FIELD/1827. Hewes & Phillips added patent breech dated 1862 with H&P mark on face of bolster. Counterpane with no visible cartouches. Altered to percussion by the firm of Hewes & Phillips of Newark, NJ and additionally modified by adding a US pattern of 1858 3-leaf rear sight at the breech but without rifling the bores. Approximately 12,000 guns were so altered with patent breeches, and long range rear sights without rifled bores, primarily for the US government. Musket retains both original sling swivels, the H&P added, tall iron front sight on the upper band, the small socket bayonet mounting lug on the top of the barrel near the muzzle and a full-length original button head ramrod with good threads at the end.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Condition Report
Near Fine. Bore near fine, smooth and lightly oxidized but showing no real pitting and likely to clean and polish to bright. Metal lightly cleaned to "National Armory Bright" with some minor areas of freckled oxidation and discoloration and potentially some freckled traces of arsenal brown as this was a "National Armory Brown" period gun when in flint. Rear sight with much of its blue remaining. Markings remain crisp throughout. Mechanically functional lock. Very good stock with strong lines and edges and only some scattered minor bumps, dings and mars and a small grain crack to the rear of the lock mortise. Collector number "A3" on toe of buttplate in white ink or paint.
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