Model 1795 Musket

The Springfield Model 1795 was a .69 caliber flintlock musket manufactured in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in the United States.

The Model 1795 was the first musket to be produced in the United States by Eli Whitney at both the Springfield and Harpers Ferry U.S. armories.

Minor changes were made throughout production inclusive of a shorter barrel length of 42 inches (110 cm) on the later Harpers Ferry weapons.

The federal armories simply could not make enough muskets to meet demand with the labor force they had during these early years.

Only about two dozen artisans worked in the Harpers Ferry arsenal around 1800, and making the muskets from raw materials was a very labor-intensive task.