Episode Eight: Colt Special Model 1861

In this episode of McNally's Musket Missive we examine the Colt Special Model 1861, intended to be the Model 1861 until it wasn't. Lots of confusion abounds, particularly from me because I apparently can't decide on how best to refer to the Springfield model. Also I can't pronounce Amoskeag. Amoskeeeeaaag.
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Amoskeeeeeaaaaaaag.

[@richwhitaker1506]

Well presented information. Thanks.

[@ocbengtson]

Very informative, thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!

[@hekk2566]

Super informative as usual. I look forward to seeing each new episode.

[@CaptainLog]

Is a rifle-musket formally referred to as a “rusket” or a “mifle?” Or is it something more exotic, like a “Muskiflet?”

[@FoxMedik]

awwww yiss connecticut steel won the war over those dirty rebs

[@zippofanmc]

Do you happen to know the distance between the end of the stock on an 1816 and the muzzle?

[@MusketMissive]

According to George Moller's "American Military Shoulder Arms Volume II: From the 1790s to the End of the Flintlock Period," the muzzle extension on a Model 1816 is 3 and 3/16"
An article I found online by the American Society of Arms Collectors states that of five pre-1822 Model 1816s they examined, the muzzle extension was between 3" and 3 and 3/16"

[@zippofanmc]

@@MusketMissive is that from the wood or the nose cap?

[@MusketMissive]

@@zippofanmc The end of the stock is roughly even with the end of the nose cap, so it's both.