1842 Musket Pictures?

[Zonie]

Several years ago, I bought a real 1842 .69 cal Springfield musket.
It is in fair condition but I don't think I would shoot a real load in it.
One area that is in really bad condition is the stock on both sides of the barrel. Someone "fixed" the missing wood by filling the areas with plastic wood.
Today, I decided anything I might do to the stock couldn't be any worse than the plastic wood so I dug out a piece of walnut I had, removed the plastic wood and filed/sanded the damaged area flat.
I rough formed the walnut block and glued it in place with good old yellow/white wood glue.

My reason for posting this is that although I have several pictures of the lock side of the stock, I don't have anything which shows the left side of the stock.

Do any of you have a picture you could post which shows this area?
Thanks for any help you can give me.

 

[roundball]

Harper's Ferry:
http://www.collectorsfirearms.com/al715.htm

Springfield:
http://www.gunsamerica.com/guns/976383967.htm

 

[Zonie]

Roundball: Just exactly what I was looking for!! :: ::

It is my guess that because these were official military guns, Springfield and Harpers Ferry would have been making the same stock shape.

Thanks Again!!

 

[roundball]

Closeup original Springfield - left side (lock area)
http://www.antiqueswords.com/images/bq276-3.jpg

 

[Zonie]

More information!! :: Thanks again!!

For those interested, I bought my 1842 at a gun show from a guy who didn't know what it was. He thought it might have been a converted (from flintlock to precussion) 1816.
At the time I bought it, I didn't know what it was either.

When I got home, I dug out my reference books and found that it was an 1842 model Springfield.

The 1842 Model was the first Precussion Musket and the last of the .69 caliber smoothbores widely issued by the United States Military.
They were used in the Mexican/American war as we marched down to "The Halls of Montezeuma".

Although most 1842s were relegated to the State Militias before the outbreak of the Civil war, they were a popular gun with both the Northern an Southern troops in that terrible conflict.
One of the many battles they were involved in was at Antietam Creek where in one day over 4000 men died.
Usually loaded with buck and ball during the conflicts, they would cut a mean swath thru the opposition.

If you are ever lucky enough to own a piece of history like this, I would suggest to those who drink, pour yourself a tall glass of bourbon, take it and the gun into a dark room and close the door.
As you carefully look at the dings and dents and hold the gun in your hands, you may hear voices, shouts and echos of history and they aren't coming from the bourbon.

 

[bob1961]

must show us some pictures zonie....please...................bob

 

[Zonie]

Bob: If you havent seen them yet, I posted pictures of the finished gun in the Photo section and pictures of the before and after in the Builders Bench section.

Thanks for the interest.