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The Springfield Model 1835 was a .69 caliber flintlock musket manufactured in the United States during the early 19th century. The Model 1835 was manufactured by the Springfield and Harpers Ferry armories and also produced by other independent contractors. It was a smoothbore musket and fired a .69 caliber round ball. [2]
.69 caliber Flint Lock Smooth Bore Harpers/Ferry Style Muskets. over 3032 made in 1819, Many converted to percussion Cap for Civil War C. Chapman Nashville, Tennessee.54 caliber percussion muzzle-loading carbines Less than 100 Cameron & Company Charleston, South Carolina: Rifles Also "Cameron, Taylor, & Johnson" Churchill & Sons Columbiana, Alabama
The Model 1847, like the Model 1842 musket that it was based on, had a .69 caliber barrel, and was fired using a percussion lock system. The barrel was much shorter, only 26 inches in length compared to the Model 1842's 42 inch barrel. The Model 1842 had been produced as a smoothbore musket, but many were later rifled. The Model 1847 carbines ...
The Model 69 used the same standard 5-round box magazine as the Models 52, 56, 57 and 75, [4] allowing optional 10-round magazines and single-shot adapters to be shared. The magazine was released by depressing a spring-loaded button on the left-hand side of the stock , which was made of plain uncheckered walnut and had a pronounced pistol grip.
The Springfield Model 1822 was a .69 caliber flintlock musket manufactured by the United States in the early 19th century. The Model 1822 was an improvement to the Springfield Model 1816. Some documents refer to the Model 1822 as its own separate model, but other documents refer to it as a variant of the Model 1816 designated as the Type II. [2]
The Springfield Model 1816 and all of its derivatives up through the Springfield Model 1842 had been .69 caliber, about the same as all European muskets since 18th century, but tests conducted by the U.S. Army showed that the smaller .58 caliber was more accurate when used with a Minié ball. [2]
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A smaller caliber Minié ball could be used to provide as much mass on target as the larger .69 caliber round ball. For these reasons, the Model 1842 was the last .69 caliber musket. The Army later standardized on the .58 caliber Minié Ball, as used in the Springfield Model 1855 and Springfield Model 1861.