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Winning Bid US $1575 First bid $1000 Quantity 1 # of bids 6 Time left Auction has ended   Started 2025-02-11 00:00:00 Ended 2025-02-28 22:59:51

Harpers Ferry, Model: M1819 Hall Rifle, Cal: .54, MFG: 1834, S/N: None, Flintlock breechloader, 32 5/8'' barrel.

HISTORY: Designed by John Hancock Hall. The Hall rifle was the first breech-loading rifle to be adopted in large numbers by any nation's army. Instead of having to load from the muzzle, the chamber can pivot up & you can load your ball & powder from there. This made reloading faster in general & since you did push the bullet through rifling to load, being rifled or smooth bore did not affect reloading speed. The army conducted tests & found it was more accurate than their rifles & reloaded faster than the smoothbores. Carbines were produced starting in 1833, these had smooth bore barrels & were the first Percussion arm adopted by the US. New rifles would be produced with the percussion lock & older rifles would be retrofitted. The rifles would see updates through the years until production stopped in 1844. These were used in US conflicts up till the civil war, basically they were used until they wore out. Some were sold to Argentina when the US started replacing them with sharps & The Buenos Aires State Forces would use them in small numbers clear until 1881. Thousands of rifles were made, though the troops and many leaders preferred the simplicity and lower costs of muzzle-loaded weapons, but the advantages were clear, & its influence paved the way to new breech loading designs. John Hall built his own shop & machines at Harpers Ferry & he paved the for Uniform Manufacturing & having interchangeable parts between firearms or machines.

CONDITION: the straight wrist walnut stock is very good with nicks, dings, small cracks, scuffs & scratches. Stock has darkened from added oils & age. The left cheek of stock is hand etched ''634''. The bottom of stock, just behind the rear barrel band, is hand etched ''6207.'' Over ''5'', the heel of the stock, just ahead of the buttplate extension has the same marking in white paint. The metal has completely toned to a dark brown patina. The markings on the top of the breech are heavily worn & are barely visible. The markings read ''J. H. HALL'', ''H FERRY'', ''US'', ''1834''. The bore is fair. Has solid rifling, but there is roughness & light pitting throughout the bore. The bore is smooth the last 1 to 1 '', this was done to help load from the muzzle in a emergency if the breech could not be opened. The barrel holds a square blade sight with a fixed V-notch rear sight. The rifle has the rear sling loop but is missing the front loop. Rifle has ramrod. Antique, no FFL Req - Value: 2000 to 5000

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Harpers Ferry, Model: M1819 Hall Rifle, Cal: .54, MFG: 1834, S/N... Item # 4336 This auction is over. No new bids can be placed. Price: US $1575

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