RSMorris
First Sergeant
- Joined
- Jul 3, 2020
I have seen two different M1816 lock plates by Wickham. Most the locks do not have an eagle
nor a U.S. stamp. There are some however that have a U.S. stamped on the lock. I know the state of Pennsylvania
had a good number of his muskets and they were converted to precussion using the Leman alteration.
From everything I have read, Wickham did not have a contract with Pennsylvania. So did they get their muskets
from the the U.S. government? If so, why do many of them not have U.S. stamped on them if they delivered initially to the U.S. ? I have a portion here from the U.S. Government concerning contracts. It states that all arms being delivered to the government shall have
U.S. stamped on the lockplates.
So if Pennslyvania had all these M1816's and they got them from the U.S. government, why do they not have U.S. stamped?
nor a U.S. stamp. There are some however that have a U.S. stamped on the lock. I know the state of Pennsylvania
had a good number of his muskets and they were converted to precussion using the Leman alteration.
From everything I have read, Wickham did not have a contract with Pennsylvania. So did they get their muskets
from the the U.S. government? If so, why do many of them not have U.S. stamped on them if they delivered initially to the U.S. ? I have a portion here from the U.S. Government concerning contracts. It states that all arms being delivered to the government shall have
U.S. stamped on the lockplates.
So if Pennslyvania had all these M1816's and they got them from the U.S. government, why do they not have U.S. stamped?
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