MODEL 1816 CONTRACT M.T. WICKHAM CONVERSION MUSKET

MODEL 1816 CONTRACT M.T. WICKHAM CONVERSION MUSKET SN NSN. Cal. 69. Wickham musket with 42” smoothbore bbl with Hewes & Phillips conversion with a breech plug and bolster with cleanout screw and a new hammer. Lockplate has usual late style markings with date “1830” vertically behind hammer. It has the “H&P” stamp on new breech plug with date “1861” on tang. Bbl has a square bayonet lug on top of muzzle with three bands, front being split with a replaced integral front sight. It has a 3-blade musket sight graduated to 500 yards mounted backwards and its orig buttonhead ramrod. It has 2-pc trigger guard & sling swivels. Left flat of stock has outline of two cartouches and left flat of bbl is stamped “NJ” for New Jersey. Bottom of stock, back of bottom tang, is stamped “47” upside down. About 8,000 of these conversions were made in period 1861-62, mostly for the State of New Jersey. Accompanied by a triangular socket bayonet marked “US” and “EB”. CONDITION: Fine. Metal retains a mottled mixed silver & brown patina with silver being orig bright polish. Stock is sound with light handling & use marks and retains most of its orig oil finish. Mechanics are fine, strong bore with moderate to heavy pitting. Bayonet is also a mottled silver/brown patina with a few nicks & dings on edges and is slightly sprung in shank. 4-59748 JR533 (2,000-3,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2007

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1480	$1,150.00	MODEL 1816 CONTRACT M.T. WICKHAM CONVERSION MUSKET SN NSN. Cal. 69. Wickham musket with 42” smoothbore bbl with Hewes & Phillips conversion with a breech plug and bolster with cleanout screw and a new hammer. Lockplate has usual late style markings with date “1830” vertically behind hammer. It has the “H&P” stamp on new breech plug with date “1861” on tang. Bbl has a square bayonet lug on top of muzzle with three bands, front being split with a replaced integral front sight. It has a 3-blade musket sight graduated to 500 yards mounted backwards and its orig buttonhead ramrod. It has 2-pc trigger guard & sling swivels. Left flat of stock has outline of two cartouches and left flat of bbl is stamped “NJ” for New Jersey. Bottom of stock, back of bottom tang, is stamped “47” upside down. About 8,000 of these conversions were made in period 1861-62, mostly for the State of New Jersey. Accompanied by a triangular socket bayonet marked “US” and “EB”. CONDITION: Fine. Metal retains a mottled mixed silver & brown patina with silver being orig bright polish. Stock is sound with light handling & use marks and retains most of its orig oil finish. Mechanics are fine, strong bore with moderate to heavy pitting. Bayonet is also a mottled silver/brown patina with a few nicks & dings on edges and is slightly sprung in shank. 4-59748 JR533 (2,000-3,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2007 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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