Inspector marks, assy marks, proof marks
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$850-$1,995
As for Harpers Ferry armory, the Union set it on fire. The Confederates extinguished the fire and were able to remove many of he rifle making equipment and shipped it south. Before giving up Harpers Ferry, they destroyed the remainig factory and railway.
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Not enough come up for sale to accurately estimate. If in original flintlock configuration and good quality, $10,000 is a starting point. If converted to percussion with a reamed out barrel, $2-$3000 is probably more accurate.
Need to know a make, model, and description of the stamps. The British used more than one service rifle during that time.
In the States, a 50 caliber rifle can be acquired after filing certain tax stamps. Once the tax stamps are paid and a background check has been cleared, then a 50 caliber rifle can be purchased at some specialty gun stores.
$20 for an 1861 Springfield- that was the cost to make one at the Harper's Ferry Arsenal. That was a LOT of money then.
If you mean the scene where he shoots the rope on the ferry, that is not a flintlock. It is a Sharps 1865 rifle fitted with a full length J. Stevens brass tube target scope.
the musket does not have a rifled barrel and a rifle does
In October 1859, an abolitionist named John Brown tried to seize weapons from the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (now Harpers Ferry West Virginia). He and 21 men, one a fugitive slave, attacked the armory, intending to start a full scale slave rebellion in the South. Some were killed, along with one of the US Marines sent to stop them. John Brown was tried for treason, convicted, and hanged on December 2. The officer in charge of capturing Brown was US Army Lt. Col. Robert E. Lee, who 2 years later would resign his commission and become a leader of the Confederate Army in the Civil War.
Ddepends entirely on which rifle- there are thousands of different cartridges, and different bullet types. Sorry-