M1819 Hall rifle

The M1819 Hall rifle was a single-shot breech-loading rifle designed by John Hancock Hall, patented on May 21, 1811, and adopted by the U.S. Army in 1819. It was preceded by the Harpers Ferry M1803. It used a pivoting chamber breech design and was made with either flintlock or percussion cap ignition systems. The years of production were from the 1820s to the 1840s at the Harpers Ferry Arsenal. This was the first breech-loading rifle to be adopted in large numbers by any nation's army, but not the first breech-loading military rifle – the Ferguson rifle was used briefly by the British Army in the American Revolutionary War. The Hall rifle remained overshadowed by common muskets and muzzleloading rifles which were still prevalent until the Civil War. The early flintlocks were mostly converted to percussion ignition.

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Model 1817 Hall U.S. Contract Breechloading Flintlock Rifle

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1819 Hall Rifle Breech

Original flintlock Hall rifle, made in Harpers Ferry in 1839.

Type	Subtype	Description	Source

commons	image	Model 1817 Hall U.S. Contract Breechloading Flintlock Rifle	Commons
commons	image	FLMM - Civil War rifles	Commons
commons	image	Allegheny County Soldiers Memorial - IMG 1525	Commons
commons	image	1819 Hall Rifle Breech	Commons
commons	image	Original flintlock Hall rifle, made in Harpers Ferry in 1839.	Commons
commons	image	Original flintlock Hall rifle, made in Harpers Ferry in 1839.	Commons
commons	image	Original flintlock Hall rifle, made in Harpers Ferry in 1839.	Commons
commons	image	Original flintlock Hall rifle, made in Harpers Ferry in 1839.	Commons
commons	image	Original flintlock Hall rifle, made in Harpers Ferry in 1839.	Commons
commons	image	Original flintlock Hall rifle, made in Harpers Ferry in 1839.	Commons

M1819 Hall rifle

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