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An entry of October 22, 1800 Received of Israel Whalen, made by John Miles 58 Rifles complete (Indian Contract smooth bore guns). Also shown is probably the type of powder horn issued with the axe to his men. At Harpers Ferry, Captain Meriwether Lewis obtained 15 rifles built under contract for the United States Army in 1792 and 1794. From the numbers above we now know that a large quantity of rifles were made in 1803. They received special privileges and exclusion of normal camp duties. Lewis wrote to Jefferson on July 7, 1803: Yesterday I shot my guns and examined the several articles which had been manufactured for me at this place; they appear to be well executed. One thing to note on new rifles, all screw slots will point to the muzzle (horizontal with the rifle) when tightened, especially on the patch box. The third observation is that an entirely new lightweight lock was specified for the rifle, meaning that no lock of that style had been previously used on military weapons. Almost all first contract rifles (1792) found their way into the hands of Waynes Legion and state troops between June and August at Fort Pitt. They were often free to roam on the flanks and advance of an Army on the move, providing intelligence on the enemy. It is both significant and fortunate that Perkin had some of the best gunsmiths and artisans available for Lewiss project, many of whom already were, or would become, noted gunsmiths in their own rights. 1060 rifles were in stores by 1797, 923 were still there in April of 1801, 911 in 1802. This would have been totally unacceptable to Lewis loss of a bullet mold resulted in the loss of a rifle. By that time, Lewis and Clark were leaving As noted in the M1792/94 story, in 1805, of remaining rifles in stores at Schuylkill Arsenal, 94 were designated unserviceable and 5 serviceable meaning that an inspection process was in now in place. In recent years historians have tried to link the M1792 contract rifles to the Lewis & Clark expedition, but it had absolutely no connection as explained in our main story. Hopefully more confirmed (C) 1803 dated rifles can be found and examined. We believe the sharp ears of the buckhorn sight were detrimental to field use, plus you would have to be an experienced shooter (as were Lewiss men) to understand the way in which the buckhorn sight was used for long distances (called Kentucky windage). During our research, we found no recorded instances of any octagon barrel ever bursting. The new heptagonal .530 caliber bore of the 1803 rifle has wide flat lands with narrow grooves instead of the concave lands and grooves found in many of the second production (1815-1819) rifles. This entry is significant in that it was made 4 months before any rifles were shortened by Shields. In all actuality, they could not have left us better evidence regarding their use of the new short rifles soon to be part of the Army inventory.(50). Corps of Discovery, whose mission was to find and map a The unfortunate destruction of Harpers Ferry in April 19, 1861, to prevent its capture by Confederate forces, deprived historians of valuable arsenal records, correspondence and pattern rifles being stored there that would have shed valuable light on the early days of rifle development. The stock has many wood fillers (of various types and age) applied over the years for preservation with the patch box replaced by a wood covering held in place by handmade square cut nails. Dearborn undoubtedly had a new Model 1800 in his hands in order to make the above changes. According to tradition his body was returned to his wife who buried him on a bluff overlooking the Missouri river near New Haven, Missouri. The lock plate markings (lettering) are individually hand stamped, done before a full die stamp had been made for full production (see Appendix I). This was a literal blank check to use all resources to make Lewiss arms in time for the upcoming expedition.
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