Harpers Ferry 1803 trying to locate a complete reproduction

Try this one. No idea of quality price or availability though. Found it with a 2 minute net search. Everything else seems to be parts and kits.
Pedersoli makes an 1816 model that I think is the same thing.

Here is the Pedersoli 1816:

https://www.davide-pedersoli.com/ti...ifles-1816-harpers-ferry-colt-conversion.html

Pedersoli makes excellent products, you won't be displeased.

Close, but the M1803 was a half-stock rifle of .54 caliber. Most sellers offer kits, but I did dig up one complete rifle:

http://www.euroarms.net/euroarms_netUS1803/US1803-L&C.htm

I think I remember a recent Dixie Gun Works flyer had some advertised by Euroarms and the flyer said they were being discontinued and that these would be the last ones.

Very cool. Well I know it's not quite the same thing, but if you can't get an 1803, Lyman makes their Great Plains Rifle in a flintlock and .54 caliber. It looks pretty darn similar but has two barrel wedges.

I bought one of the Euroarms 1803 Harpers Ferry rifles from Dixie a year or two ago. What can I say? You get what you pay for. First of all, it's really a copy of the second model, which was made starting in 1814. So a "Lewis and Clark" gun, this is not. Secondly, many of the details are incorrect, even for a second model. The ramrod and the front sight definitely need to be replaced. (In fact, the front sight that comes with it is laughable)

The Track of the Wolf kit is considerably more expensive and requires a lot of work, some of which is beyond the capabilities of the casual builder. If you are up to the job, though, you can end up with a much more authentic rifle.

Another "parts set" is this one from Don Stith. He is renown for the authenticity of his Hawken parts sets.
http://donstith.com/lewis___clark.html

PS- prices are not accurate since the website has not been updated for several years.

JONWILL said:

I have been doing a lot of reading about the Lewis and Clark Expedition. This the the rifle they took with them.

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BEFORE you drop some coin on that..., I hope you're aware that there is huge controversy about the Corps of Discovery taking that particular pattern rifle?

The problem first arose when folks discovered the "approval date" of that pattern at the armory, and found it long after the departure of the Corps from Harper's Ferry. Recently, however, a single rifle has been found, appearing authentic, with slight variations in hardware, so that it appears to be older than the "approved" version. Which if true would be very very cool!! While they do know that several test rifles were produced of that pattern for examination, prior to approval, they don't have as yet any records that clearly show that a large number of these prototypes were produced for the CoD (at least from what I've read). NOW the problem I have with the experts pronouncing that rifle not only a prototype, but actually one of the rifles from the Corps of Discovery..., and the ONLY surviving rifle from that expedition..., it has a two digit serial number.

Thus the problem that I see is..., there is no ledger book where they can reference the CoD rifles having serial numbers let alone that particular number, for if they did there would be no controversy..., they can't show if perhaps that number was added later, since the rifle was federal property, which would explain it being on the rifle now, but may not have been on the rifle when the CoD carried it, thus the rifle still could be the only surviving model from the expedition..., and they didn't mention in their report if serialized rifles were the practice at that time in the 19th century. They noted the number but ignored it.

LD