The pistols were equipped with a round, smoothbore barrel measuring 10.0625 inches long, with a .54-caliber bore diameter that matched the similarly built Harpers Ferry Model 1803 rifle.

To start this Harpers Ferry Model 1805 project, I disassembled the pistol, keeping component parts organized in separate plastic bags.

Harpers Ferry Armory Description Physical Description: 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 ...

Harpers Ferry produced hundreds of thousands of pistols and firearms for government use between 1796 and 1861. On April 18, 186, Lt. Roger Jones – in charge of Harper’s Ferry at the time – burned the ...