E WHITNEY muzzleloader

diggerdirect

March 04, 2010 20:27

Heres another I'm looking for any info on. Marked E. WHITNEY on one side and US on the butt. This one was found in a barn by my dad over 50 years ago, its pretty pitted up, missing its trigger guard and ramrod and a couple small chunks out of the stock around the hammer but is kinda cool and has a trap door in the stock.

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  Spider7115

  March 05, 2010 00:16

  That's what remains of a .54 caliber US Model 1841 rifle, commonly referred to as a "Mississippi Rifle". Eli Whitney of New Haven, Ct. was one of several contractors who produced it for the US government for use in the Mexican War.
  
  You can read more about it here: http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/collection/object.asp?ID=647
  
  

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