Within the compartment, a roll of 50 Maynard tape primers was held. The Maynard tape primer door was fitted to the lockplate forward of the C-shaped hammer. All the furniture on this model was made of steel in the bright, including the buttplate, which was stamped with a “US.” The M1855s used a swelled-shaft, tulip-head steel ramrod.
The sling swivels were on the middle barrel band and trigger guard. The nipple bolster was equipped with a clean-out screw and the three flat barrel bands were retained by conventional band springs. The upper left barrel flat was stamped with the proofmarks “V/P” and an eagle head and the production date was marked on the top barrel flat near the breech. The 40-inch-long barrel, finished in the bright, was equipped to accept a socket bayonet. M1855 rifle-musket had an overall length of 56 inches. The rifle-musket could still be fired with the conventional percussion cap. The system was similar to that of a toy cap gun. The fulminate would detonate, driving a jet of flame through the nipple to ignite the main powder charge and thus firing the rifle-musket. When the trigger was pulled, the hammer struck the primer, which was an explosive fulminate section incorporated into a strip of paper. A paper roll carrying the priming compound was advanced over the nipple each time the hammer was cocked. Its purpose was to eliminate the need to manually place a percussion cap on the nipple each time the gun was fired. One of the rifle-musket’s new features was the Maynard tape primer system which was patented on Sept. Army’s standard arm on July 5, 1855, replacing the. Then-Secretary of War Jefferson Davis authorized the adoption of the M1855 as the U.S. The M1855 rifle-musket was the first U.S. The barrel tang is also dated 1860 and all parts are original as issued. The bore is excellent and the weapon honestly shows very little use. With a total production by Springfield of 47,115 this is one of the last ones produced prior to the Civil War and it is a beauty! An extra bonus is the original leather infantry sling as well as the weapon having issue rack numbers stamped on several metal parts.Īll metal overall is fine and all markings are crisp and vivid. This is an absolutely stunning example of this scarce weapon which was produced from 1857 until 1860 by both the Springfield and Harpers Ferry armories.
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