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7/18/23 -On January 10, 1817, the US Ordnance Department madea radical and unprecedented decision by agreeing to purchase one hundred Hall’s Patent Breechloading rifles from their designer, John H. Hall. Hall had received his patent for a breechloading flintlock rifle on May 21, 1811. The rifle used a tilting breech block that contained the center mounted flintlock battery and the chamber that was loaded with a charge and ball. By pressing a lever under the rifle, the front of the block could be tilted upward allowing powder and ball to be loaded, and then pressed down again, aligning the chamber with the barrel. Initially, the Hall Rifle was intended only for issue to specialty troops, as the standard US military long arm for the infantry was the smoothbore musket and rifles were not regularly issued. It was subsequently decided that the rifles could be issued to the “Light Companies” of infantry regiments, those who were often called upon for skirmish duty and were usually the flank companies in a line of battle. By April of 1832, it was decided to arm the majority of the 6th US Infantry with Hall Rifle, and they used them quite effectively during the Black Hawk War that year. The Hall Rifle was particularly popular with southern state militias, with nearly 2,500 being issued to the various states under the Militia Act of 1808 during 1836 alone. At the outbreak of the Civil War, large numbers of Hall Rifles were in southern state arsenals, and many were subsequently altered to percussion for use by Confederate soldiers. This is an example of such a conversion. The metal parts show heavy “attic patina” and light oxidation throughout. Some very minor pitting on the receiver. Overall, the stock is nice, but there are several repaired cracks where the wood meets the receiver. The bore has good rifling with minor surface oxidation throughout.
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