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[[Image:Springfield 1840.jpg|thumb|right|600px|Springfield Model 1840 - .69 Percussion]]
[[Image:Springfield 1840.jpg|thumb|right|600px|Springfield Model 1840 flintlock musket - .69 Smoothbore. The predecessor of Model 1842. Many of M1840s were converted to percussion lock.]]
[[Image:Springfield1842musket.jpg|thumb|right|600px|Springfield Model 1842 - .69 Smoothbore]]
[[Image:Springfield1842musket.jpg|thumb|right|600px|Springfield Model 1842 - .69 Smoothbore]]
[[Image:1847 musketoon.jpg|thumb|right|600px|Springfield Model 1847 Sapper's Musketoon - .69 Percussion]]
[[Image:1847 musketoon.jpg|thumb|right|600px|Springfield Model 1847 Sapper's Musketoon - .69 Smoothbore]]
The US Springfield Model 1842 Musket was a .69 caliber musket manufactured and used in the United States during the 19th Century. It is a continuation of the Model 1816 line of muskets but is generally referred to as its own model number rather than just a variant of the Model 1816. It was the most common weapon used in the Mexican-American War and the first year of the American Civil War.
The US Springfield Model 1842 Musket was a .69 caliber percussion lock musket manufactured and used in the United States during the 19th Century. It is a continuation of the Model 1816 line of muskets but is generally referred to as its own model number rather than just a variant of the Model 1816. It was the most common weapon used in the Mexican-American War and the first year of the American Civil War. Standard musket had an overall length of 58 inches and barrel length of 42 inches. A shorter musketoon version M1847 also existed. M1842/1847 were last smoothbore muskets of US Army, replaced with [[Springfield 1861|Springfield M1855/1861]] .58 caliber rifled muskets.


 
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'''The Springfield 1842 was used by the following actors in the following:'''


==Film==
==Film==
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| ''[[Vigilante Force]]'' || || "Green Mountain Boys"  || || 1976
| ''[[Vigilante Force]]'' || || "Green Mountain Boys"  || Supposedly M1842 || 1976
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| ''[[Gettysburg]]'' || || US and Confederate soldiers || M1842 || 1993
| ''[[Gettysburg]]'' || || US and Confederate soldiers || M1842 || 1993

Revision as of 10:25, 24 April 2015

Springfield Model 1840 flintlock musket - .69 Smoothbore. The predecessor of Model 1842. Many of M1840s were converted to percussion lock.
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Springfield Model 1842 - .69 Smoothbore
Springfield Model 1847 Sapper's Musketoon - .69 Smoothbore

The US Springfield Model 1842 Musket was a .69 caliber percussion lock musket manufactured and used in the United States during the 19th Century. It is a continuation of the Model 1816 line of muskets but is generally referred to as its own model number rather than just a variant of the Model 1816. It was the most common weapon used in the Mexican-American War and the first year of the American Civil War. Standard musket had an overall length of 58 inches and barrel length of 42 inches. A shorter musketoon version M1847 also existed. M1842/1847 were last smoothbore muskets of US Army, replaced with Springfield M1855/1861 .58 caliber rifled muskets.

The Springfield Model 1842 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Vigilante Force "Green Mountain Boys" Supposedly M1842 1976
Gettysburg US and Confederate soldiers M1842 1993
Ravenous Jeremy Davies Private Toffler M1842 1999
Ravenous Guy Pearce Captain Boyd M1847 1999
Anna and the King Chow Yun-Fat King Mongkut M1847 1999
Anna and the King King Mongkut's soldiers M1847 1999
Gangs of New York Irish Conscript M1842 2002

Television

Title Actor Character Note Date
The Sopranos Seen on the wall of a bar; "College" (S01E05) 1999
1864 Danish and Prussian soldiers M1842 2014
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