M1842 Springfield

Remove visible Italian Markings and relocate the Serial number to thebottom of the barrel. Polish to Armory Bright. $50.00

David draw files off the Italian markings and serial number from the barrel and re-stamps the serial number out-of-sight. He then polishes the area back to an Armory Bright luster. When finished, you can't tell the markings were ever there.


Modern markings on brand new Armi Sport M1842	Markings removed from defarbed musket; area polished back to "armory bright"

Modern markings on brand new Armi Sport M1842	Markings removed from defarbed musket; area polished back to "armory bright"

Replace steel front sight with correct brass sight (Smoothbore), or correct steel sight (Rifled). $65.00

Original 1842 smoothbores had brass front sights mounted on the front band. The rifled conversions had higher steel sights soldered onto there nose caps. David grinds off the cast-on sight on the Armi Sport front band and replaces it with a custom filed and shaped brass sight, or rifled sight, depending on whether or not the barrel is rifled. Both sights are perfect copies of the originals.


Incorrect steel sight on new Armi Sport M1842 Smooth bore.	Defarbed nose cap with proper brass smooth bore sight.

Incorrect steel sight on Armi Sport M1842 Rifled musket.	Defarbed nose cap with proper still rifled musket front sight.

Stamp ESA (Springfield) or JAS (Harper's Ferry) Cartouche on Lock Panel. $15.00

Original m1842 Springfields were inspected and cartouched, primarily by Erskine S. Allin at Springfield or James A. Schaeffer at Harper's Ferry. David recreates these distinctive "ESA" and "JAS" stamps thanks to a complete set of musket cartouche stamps made from rubbings taken off of original guns


Correct Erskin S. Allin cartouche on defarbed Springfield M1842	Correct James A. Schaeffer cartouche on defarbed Harper's Ferry M1842

Change swivel pins to correct style. $35.00

Armi Sport m1842 Springfields feature swivels that are loosely pinned together. These pins are easily lost and they're not the correct style. David replaces these pins with historically correct taper pins which are installed and filed flush with the swivel; just like the originals.


Incorrect "straight pinned" swivel on new Armi Sport M1842	Correct "taper pin" installed in defarbed M1842 swivel

Recontour, Restain and Refinish Stock. $170.00

Armi Sport m1842 stock dimensions need a little reshaping and reworking to resemble the graceful lines of original stocks David starts with the wrist and butt stock. He reshapes the rectangular wrist to be round-like originals. This not only looks much better, but feels much better as well. He also reshapes the comb area of the stock to original dimensions. A lot of time is spent on the lock panels. David "crisps-up" the lines around the lock and side panel to make the stand out like an original gun that just rolled out of the arsenal. He completely reshapes the lock panel to make it correct. Finally the forend is shaved down to the correct dimensions. The stock is re-stained with a dark walnut stain to hide the streaky colors of the Italian walnut and make it more closely resemble American walnut. Finally the stock is sealed with several coats of linseed oil-the same finish found on original guns.

Note: This price only applies to stocks that have not already been refinished by a previous owner. In other words, a stock with any finish other than that which was applied by the factory will cost comparatively more to rework than a factory stock; as stocks finished with oil require a lot more work to strip and contour than the polymer-based finish found of factory finished stocks.


Blocky wrist and poorly defined comb on new Armi Sport M1842	Defarbed M1842 wrist and comb - thinned out and "sharpened up"

Poorly defined, uneven lock panels on new Armi Sport M1842	Lock panels recut on defarbed stock, much sharper

Before:	After:

Before:	After:

Before:	After:

Top: brand new 1842 with badly stained Italian walnut stock Bottom: Defarbed 1842 with stock stained to match the color of American Walnut

Optional: Stamp Lock Plate and Barrel with Harper's Ferry Markings: $100.00

Harper's Ferry just doesn't get enough representation an the modern Civil War battlefield. That's why we had a set of dies made to perfectly replicate the markings found on both the lock plates and the barrels of the Harper's Ferry-made M1842. We call this an optional service, because it isn't required to make your gun historically accurate (there were plenty of original Springfields issued during the War). But if you want something a little different; or if you're just a fan of America's Southern Arsenal, this option is a good route to take.

We file of the Springfield markings from the tail of the lock plate and restamp it with our Harper's Ferry dies. We then re-cut the beveled edge around the lock plate to make sure it's the correct width. We then remove the "1847" date from the tang and stamp it with a correctly sized "1849" stamp to match the lock. Finally we stamp the barrel with Harper's Ferry's "PB/B" subinspector's stamp.


Lock plate stamped "HARPER'S FERRY 1849" an exact copy of the originals	Tang stamped with corresponding "1849" date

Original Harper's Ferry "PB/B" Stamp

We can defarb new guns or old guns. You can pick and choose which options you'd like done, or you can have them all done! Please call us at (262) 473-5444 or email us at [email protected] for more details.