New flintlock musket, Model 1816

[Phantom Captain]

Here's my newest and I'm really happy and proud of it. Made a trade for one of my .58 caliber rifle muskets.

This is a gorgeous Pedersoli Model 1816 .69 caliber smoothbore flintlock musket. I had a gaping hole in my collection in that I didn't have any flintlock military muskets and have been wanting one for a long time.

Both this and my M1861 Springfield .58 rifle musket are Pedersoli which I'm very happy with. Pedersoli is certainly at the top when it comes to quality for the old repros.

Frizzen seems good and hard and sparks well everytime. I'll shoot both patched roundball and buck and ball out of this honey. So now, I have a really nice representation of the type and evolution of military guns in the 19th century. I now have the 1816 to add to my smoothie 1842 percussion musket, my 1861 Springfield Rifle, 1862 Richmond Rifle, and then my original M1873 Trapdoor (dated 1884). Hopefully I'll get her out this week and burn some powder.

The stock and color are super nice.

The rifle I traded was a repro M1855 Harpers Ferry rifle and I was super happy that this new one is also stamped Harpers Ferry. Super cool.

 

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Very Very Nice!

 

[EljaySL]

Very cool. Pedersoli makes a nice musket, that's for sure.

 

[alsask]

Pedersoli are the best of the factory muzzleloaders in my opinion.

 

[Cosmoline]

Gorgeous! I love those late model flinters. It would be interesting to shoot side-by-side with the '42 to compare the changes. I have my doubts that the shift to percussion was quite as significant as it's made out to be. Good flinters are as or more reliable than percussion caps, provided the shooter is careful.

 

[Phantom Captain]

Honestly, I LOVE my '42, one of my all time favs in my opinion, but this 1816 is really pulling me right now. Sounds like a challenge! I'm thinking of going out to the range thursday as the weather is supposed to warm up a bit and maybe I'll take both and try to compare them side to side.

 

[PRM]

Nice gun... I bought a Pedersoli Brown Bess Carbine several years back, no regrets. Also, have a Pedersoli Howdah 20X20. They make great guns.

 

[Dave Markowitz]

That is really nice.

It would be interesting to see what kind of patterns you could get with shot. A lot of milsurp muskets got repurposed as scatterguns in civilian hands.

 

[Phantom Captain]

Like I said, I'll definitely shoot patched roundball and expect pretty good accuracy with that as PRB in my '42 is suprisingly accurate.

I'll shoot some buck and ball at 25 yards or so and try to get some pics of how it patterns. I guess I could do a couple loads of nothing but buckshot, 12 balls or something, but I don't have any over-powder cards. Would plain paper over the powder and then paper wadding again over the buckshot work?

I do love shooting buck and ball out of the smoothies just for fun and for the historical relevance of it. I make my own simple newspaper cartridges of just the ball and shot. Basically I cut out squares of newspaper, roll my roundball into a tube, twist the paper and tie off the bottom with cotton thread, drop three buckshot on top of the roundball and then twist and tie off the top. Simple! Load powder and then ram the newspaper cartridge down on top.

 

[Bassn81]

Very nice musket. If you don't mind slightly OT question. What size ball are you using in your 42 for buck and ball? I just picked up a 42 and am looking forward to shooting it as it warms up here.

 

[Missionary]

Greetings
I will agree Pedersoli makes well made repros. I am waiting on someone to get a 1819 Hall Rifle together. I know the Rifleshoppe has the parts available but it would be great for Pedersoli to tackle this model also.
Enjoy shooting those ! Mike in Peru

 

[Phantom Captain]

Very nice musket. If you don't mind slightly OT question. What size ball are you using in your 42 for buck and ball? I just picked up a 42 and am looking forward to shooting it as it warms up here.

Hey Bassn81,

Thanks! No worries about the question either, happy to share. For the .69s I shoot a Lyman .678 ball that I cast myself. The mold is easy to find. I use Hornady #1 buckshot, it's .30 caliber. I put three on top of the ball and roll them in newspaper. I should take a pic of how the finished small cartridge looks. I then simply ram the whole newspaper package down on top of the powder.

For just shooting straight ball I use the same .678 ball with a .010 lubed patch with really good results.

 

[Bassn81]

Thank you sir, haven't been able to find a starting place for shooting my 42. I'd love to get one of those '16's and have a gunsmith to a cone in barrel conversion to percussion on it. It would be the ultimate early war reenacting musket.

 

[shafter]

That's a nice looking musket!