Lot 2181

ANTIQUE U.S. CIVIL WAR REMINGTON-MAYNARD MODEL 1816/22 CONVERTED .69 CAL MUSKET RIFLE WITH BAYONET

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ANTIQUE U.S. CIVIL WAR REMINGTON-MAYNARD MODEL 1816/22 CONVERTED .69 CAL MUSKET RIFLE WITH BAYONET

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Current Bid: $220

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by Bradford's
June 28, 2026 9:00 AM MST
Timed Auction
15210 N 99th Ave
Sun City, AZ, US 85351

Antique U.S. Civil War Remington-Maynard Model 1816/22 Converted .69 cal Musket Rifle with Bayonet. Markings: The date on the barrel tang is 1857 as well, and the tang is marked with the alphanumeric bayonet mating code "H / A / 43". The original inspection marks from the initial production of the musket as a flintlock are still present on the barrel, a large depressed "P" in an oval proof mark and a deeply struck Eagle Head. The stock flat opposite the lock is stamped with the legible sub-inspection cartouche of Elisha Toby, a script "ET" in an oval. It is also marked with a very clear and crisp script re-inspection cartouche "EB / 3", the mark of sub-inspector Elizur Bates, who rated the musket as “3rdClass” during the period of 1842-45 when all US flintlock muskets in service were rated as to their suitability for conversion to percussion. An equally crisp final acceptance cartouche is found in the stock behind the trigger guard, where a script "JS" indicates that Springfield Arsenal sub-inspector john Stebbins gave the final approval and acceptance of the musket when it was originally manufactured as a flintlock. The two barrel bands and nose-cap are all marked with a "S". The top of the nose-cap barrel band is marked "H / 43". The trigger guard is marked in front of the trigger "DP" and "B" behind the trigger. The stock just behind the trigger guard is marked "HJ". The top of the buttplate comb is marked "US". The stock on the right side near the buttplate is hand carved "KJ". The inside of the trigger guard is marked with a "V". The left side plate opposite of the lockplate is marked with an "S". The left side of the barrel near the chamber is marked with an "S". During the 1850s, the US Ordnance Department experimented with several automatic-priming systems, including those patented by Ward, Butterfield and Maynard. Both the Ward and Butterfield mechanical systems utilized a pellet or disc shaped primer pellet, similar to those used on the Sharps’ carbines and rifles equipped with the Lawrence automatic priming system. The Maynard system used a roll of “tape” with the priming compound sandwiched between two laminated layers of paper that were then coated with varnish to make them water resistant. These primer tapes resembled a modern child’s roll of caps for his toy gun. Two variations of the Maynard systems were actually implemented on a trial basis. The “Nippes-Maynard” system was first applied to Nippes contract US M-1840 muskets that had yet to be delivered by Nippes, in addition to more Nippes contract US M-1840 muskets store at the Frankford Arsenal. The alterations began during the fall of 1848 and over the next year Nippes would alter 2,000 US M-1840 muskets to this variant of the Maynard priming system. These muskets were issued for trial purposes in lots of 200 and the response from the field was favorable enough that by 1854 it was proposed that a significant number of arms be altered with an improved version of the priming system. The Nippes-Maynard alteration used a drum bolster conversion, mated with a modified lock that had a tape primer magazine added to the outside surface, in the general area that had originally contained the flintlock pan and battery. A specially shaped hammer was installed that curved over the top of the tape primer magazine and engaged the percussion cone in the new drum bolster. This system had advantages and disadvantages. The primary advantage was that it used the existing lock with only added modifications and the use of a drum bolster was quick, simple and cheap. However, this system did not provide a strong enough breech for the use of expanding base Mini” style projectiles in a rifled barrel, which created significantly more pressure than round ball or buck and ball loads in a smoothbore. The decision was taken to use a newly made steel “chambered breeches’ for the barrel alteration, which could withstand the pressures of firing Mini” type ammunition from a rifled barrel. This necessitated the relocation of the tape priming mechanism from the exterior of the lock; as it had been on the Nippes alteration, to the interior, to better align the hammer with the bolster and barrel. The finalized design is what is known to today as the Remington-Maynard Tape Primer lock. This lock would form the basis for the lock design of the new family of US M-1855 small arms that was currently on the drawing board. After inquiring at Springfield Arsenal how long it would take to make a substantial number of the new locks and breech pieces, it was discovered that doing so would adversely affect the manufacture of the US M-1842 muskets and M-1847 musketoons then in production and would also delay the tooling up to produce the new M-1855 series of arms. As a result, it was decided to contract with an outside supplier to have the locks and breeches manufactured and then installed at a secondary Federal Arsenal. In September of 1854 the Remington Arms Company entered into a contract to provide 20,000 sets of Maynard patent locks and the new chambered breech pieces to alter US M-1816/22 muskets currently in storage. The deliveries of the parts began in March of 1856 and continued through March of 1858. Remington delivered the components to the New York Arsenal and they were subsequently shipped to the Frankford Arsenal. In addition to altering the guns to the Maynard priming system they were also rifled and the majority had long range rear sights and new, taller, iron front sights added. The original button head ramrods from the muskets were also modified, by dishing their tips for use with elongated ammunition. The new front sights were produced at the Springfield Arsenal and it is believed that Harpers Ferry provided the M-1855 pattern back sights. John Taylor, a Springfield Armory foreman who had supervised the manufacture of 6 pattern muskets for the alteration process was reassigned from inspection duties at Colt to the Remington factory to oversee and inspect the parts being made there. Between 1856 and 1859 a total of 21,952 US M-1816/22 muskets were altered at the Frankford Arsenal with the new, chambered breeches and Remington-Maynard locks. They also had their barrels rifled and their ramrods modified. Of those muskets nearly all were equipped with long-range rear sights and new iron front sights. The 1,800 delivered in fiscal year 1856 were newly sighted as were the 8,137 delivered in fiscal year 1857. During fiscal year 1858 a total of 6,830 muskets were altered, but only 4,852 had the new sights added. Of the guns delivered during fiscal year 1858, 1,300 belonged to the state of New Jersey, 1,100 of which did not receive new rear sights, but 200 of which did. During fiscal year 1859 the final 3,885 muskets were altered but did not receive sights. I can only assume that with the transition from the M-1855 pattern sight to the M-1858 pattern sight on the M-1855 series of arms, that production of the earlier, “long range” sights with the long base had ceased and no further sights were readily available for the alteration of the muskets. Considering the delay experienced at Harpers Ferry transitioning between the two sight patterns and the number of 1855 rifles delivered without sights during the transition period, the manufacture of sights for obsolete musket alterations was probably considered unimportant. In all a total of 20,652 muskets were altered to the Remington-Maynard system for the Federal Ordnance Department and 1,300 were altered for the state of New Jersey. All of the guns were rifled, but only 200 of the New Jersey guns received rear sights, while 14,789 of the Federal guns received new sights and 5,863 did not. Many of the muskets converted between 1855 and mid-1857 were issued to US Army troops at Fort Riley Kansas and to the US Navy. The balance of the guns were distributed to state arsenals under the Militia Act of 1808 and many saw extensive use on both sides during the early days of the Civil War. The classic early war Confederate image of Private Thomas Taylor (Company F, 8th Louisiana Infantry) standing at parade rest in full field gear (including a great mix of English, CS and US accouterments) with his rifled & sighted US M-1816 Remington-Maynard conversion musket is one of the best examples of where some of those guns ended up before the outbreak of the American Civil War. Serial Number: NSN | Caliber / Gauge: .69 cal. | LOP: 13.5" | Working Order: Firearm has not been tested | Background Check: Not Required | Keywords: Firearms, Guns, Firearm; Ref: BD3301

  • Provenance: Includes bayonet and ramrod.
  • Dimensions: 42.25" barrel
  • Circa: 1857
  • Condition: This rifle is in great condition with signs of wear commensurate with age and use. The metal of the musket has a lightly cleaned steel gray patina. The barrel is mostly smooth with some scattered light pinpricking present and as well as some scattered oxidized surface discoloration. Some small patches of more moderate pinpricking and very light are scattered here and there. The bore is dark with no visible rifling. The wood stock is in great condition. Please review the photos for details and condition.

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$100 $199 $10
$200 $999 $20
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