Guns You'd like to see Repro'd!

angp this sould have been in the flint Section. -rats!
For me, an 1822 Musket, rifled, but left in flint ignition, would be an incredibly good hunting rifle with minnie or round ball. :applause: :applause: The military load for them (although converted to percussion as well) was 70gr. powder with the 730gr. Minnie bullet. Acccuracy was much better than the .54 and .58 calibre Minnie rifles of the 1841 Mississipi 1855 .58 US patterns.
: Some Commanders much preferred them to the old Yaeger (Mississippi .54 and re-bored &re-rifled.58'sof 1841) and turned in these newer rifles for the old converted muskets after testing.
; This is reported to be in the NorthWest area around Fort Vancouver and Fort Simcoe in 1858. Cpt. Cook of the 4th and Cpt Frazier of the 9th. after Cok showed him much better accuracy from the .69's. I should note here than both arms were rifled with 3 grouves, progressive depth as were all the US military rifles and rifled muskets from their mfg. facilities as well as the British .577 Enfields.
(ref- pg.163, Firearms of the American West)
Daryl