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Answering the Whatzis

By The Armorer on April 21, 2010 | | Comments (7)
Yes, Virginia, it is indeed a Hall rifle, converted to percussion in 1861.  More to follow.

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No, there's not a speck of rust.  That's the original "browned" finish.  This is one of the few near-mint pieces in the Holdings of the Arsenal.

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By Neffi on April 21, 2010 11:27 AM
Beauty... and takes the socket bayonet with the off-set notch in the basal ring to accomodate the off-set front sight. They're spendy in a condition that matches the rifle...
 
By John of Argghhh! on April 21, 2010 11:39 AM
Yeah, I know, I've been pricing 'em.
 
By Justthisguy on April 21, 2010 7:50 PM
Ooh, purty!  They have a Hall rifle in the county museum here, but it is in a very sad condition. It is all crusty and rusty. They also have an M4 tank outside. I inspected said tank and determined that I could do a mobility kill on it with my bedside revolver, assuming I could sneak up behind it and shoot it in the radiator.
 
By Milo on April 22, 2010 8:51 AM
I inherited a carbine which has
U.S. S. NORTH
MIDL (TH)
CONN
1837
on the breech. The cartouche initials on the stock are (I think) JBHC.
The bayonet is triangular, 24.5 inches long and also serves as the cleaning rod; it has threads on the back end. It is deployed from a channel under the forearm below the barrel; it locks into place with a leaf spring device. The cleaning kit is on the bottom of the stock under a leaf spring door behind the trigger guard and saddle ring. The cleaning kit has a worm, jag and a tool and the worm and jag fit the bayonet threads. It is in the brown with no rust and the stock is a very dark brown.
Milo
 
By Neffi on April 22, 2010 10:29 AM
Milo, the Springfield M1880 and M1882 used a triangular cleaning rod bayonet such as you describe, later models used an improved round rod/bayonet.
 
By John of Argghhh! on April 22, 2010 10:37 AM
You've got one of the Simeon North weapons.  Very cool.  We've got more on the Hall rifles in general in a new post.
 
By DeadCenter56 on April 23, 2010 1:59 PM
I had an oportunity to shoot one of the flintlock Hall rifles about 4 years ago.  A local Black Powder collector had one in his collection and brought it out to our local range.  Quite a hoot.  I'll see if I can rustle up some photos and send em to John.