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Percussion Conversion of Lemuel Pomeroy Percussion Model 1816 Musket
Many flintlock muskets were converted to percussion ignition and rifled for military issue.
Percussion Conversion of Lemuel Pomeroy Percussion Model 1816
Musket
The military transition from flint-lock to percussion-ignition
continued. By 1845, production by contractors of
percussion-alteration arms was in full swing. This example,
originally made by Lemuel Pomeroy of Pittsfield, Massachusetts,
shows that conversion was accomplished by removing the pan and
filling the opening with a brass plug, and installing a percussion
cone on the top of the breech. The barrel has also been rifled to
provide a stabilizing spin on the musket ball. At about this time,
the United States was pursuing the concept of Manifest Destiny,"
which involved the occupation of all western lands as far as the
Pacific Ocean. However, Mexico and Canada already occupied some of
this territory. Conflict would result."
- Dr. William L. Roberts, THE AMERICAN LIBERTY COLLECTION; #49