{"id":5876,"date":"2025-08-13T09:58:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T13:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniondb.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=5876"},"modified":"2026-06-30T18:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T22:45:11","slug":"remington-herkimer","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/uniondb.com\/product\/remington-herkimer\/","title":{"rendered":"1849 Remington-Herkimer U.S. Model 1841 \u201cMississippi\u201d Rifle-Musket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 500; text-align: center;\"><strong>1849 Remington-Herkimer U.S. Model 1841 \u201cMississippi\u201d Rifle-Musket\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 500;\">.54 Caliber, 33&#8243; barrel with a fine, bright bore with strong the grooves. This is a Remington-made, 1849 dated rifle (on both barrel and lock) with the barrel having a mostly gray with light plum-brown patina along its length.\u00a0\u00a0The muzzle was rebated for 2 5\/8&#8243; in order to accept a socket bayonet. The lock has a mostly pewter gray patina with clear &#8220;REMINGTON\u2019S \/ HERKIMER \/ N.Y.&#8221; marking ahead of the hammer. The light walnut stock has wear and small handling marks and blemishes scattered about the original oil finish, with a dull boarder of an inspector cartouche on the left side, and a small chip from alongside the barrel tang lacking.\u00a0\u00a0The brass bands, trigger guard, and patchbox are in very good shape with a mellow ochre tarnish throughout.\u00a0\u00a0The brass buttplate bears a company letter \u201cK\u201d and issuane number. The correct brass-tipped ramrod is present. The rifle was given a variant of the 1859 bayonet alteration (with rebated barrel and bayonet stud added to the underside of the barrel near the muzzle). This is a great looking &#8220;Mississippi Rifle\u201d and is a very presentable example.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 500;\">The Model 1841, popularly known as the \u201cMississippi Rifle\u201d for its famed use by Jefferson Davis\u2019s regiment during the Mexican War, was the first U.S. military percussion rifle produced in large numbers. Initially made in .54 caliber such as this example, many were later altered to .58 caliber and adapted for long-range fire with bayonet fittings, aligning with evolving mid-19th century ordnance requirements. By the mid-1850s, large numbers of these rifles were arsenal-modified into rifle-musket form, such as the present example, extending their service life into the early years of the Civil War. These Remington-produced \u201cMississippi\u201d rifle-muskets represent a significant transitional arm between the Mexican and Civil Wars\u2014bridging the gap between early percussion rifles and the standardized .58 caliber rifle-muskets that would dominate Union and Confederate ranks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Inventory Number: RIF 259<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 500;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[62],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5876","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-carbines-muskets-rifles","7":"product_shipping_class-musket","9":"first","10":"outofstock","11":"sold-individually","12":"taxable","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>1849 Remington-Herkimer U.S. Model 1841 \u201cMississippi\u201d Rifle-Musket - Union Drummer Boy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uniondb.com\/product\/remington-herkimer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"1849 Remington-Herkimer U.S. Model 1841 \u201cMississippi\u201d Rifle-Musket\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp;  &nbsp;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uniondb.com\/product\/remington-herkimer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Union Drummer Boy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-30T22:45:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uniondb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6851-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1247\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Price\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"&#036;3,600.00\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Availability\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"Out of stock\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniondb.com\\\/product\\\/remington-herkimer\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniondb.com\\\/product\\\/remington-herkimer\\\/\",\"name\":\"1849 Remington-Herkimer U.S. Model 1841 \u201cMississippi\u201d Rifle-Musket - Union Drummer Boy\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniondb.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniondb.com\\\/product\\\/remington-herkimer\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniondb.com\\\/product\\\/remington-herkimer\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniondb.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/IMG_6851-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-13T13:58:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-30T22:45:11+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniondb.com\\\/product\\\/remington-herkimer\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/uniondb.com\\\/product\\\/remington-herkimer\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniondb.com\\\/product\\\/remington-herkimer\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniondb.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/IMG_6851-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniondb.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/IMG_6851-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":1247,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"Close-up of a Remington Herkimer antique rifle's lock mechanism, featuring the metal plate, hammer, trigger, and wood stock. 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