This .54 caliber rifled flintlock Model 1805/1807 Pistol was made by Harper’s Ferry. It has a round barrel with a supporting iron rib, a wooden ramrod with swelled tip, brass mountings and an iron ...

Made between 1806 and 1808, the Model 1805 Harpers Ferry was the first military pistol produced by a national armory in the United States. More than 4,000 of the guns were produced in serial ...

In 1805, the U.S. introduced the Model 1805, a very Yankee-looking pistol whose elegant lines mimicked, to a degree, those of the U.S. Model 1803 rifles.

After the war, a new version, known as the Model 1805, was made at Harper's Ferry. This flintlock saw service in the War of 1812 and remained the US Army's standard-issue pistol for over 50 years.

After the war, a new version, known as the Model 1805, was made at Harper's Ferry. This flintlock saw service in the War of 1812 and remained the US Army's standard-issue pistol for over 50 years.

1. Harper’s Ferry Model 1805 (Photo: NRA Museum) The first pistol manufactured by a national armory, the Model 1805 was a .54 caliber, single-shot, smoothbore flintlock issued to officers.

The last U.S. flintlock pistol came in 1836, the same year Samuel Colt patented his revolutionary new revolving pistol. Gunsmith Asa Waters produced the Model 1836 until the early 1840s, a weapon ...