Excellent Simeon North-produced specimen of the Model 1819 Flintlock Hall breechloading rifle in unaltered condition dated 1835. After John Hall’s patent for flintlock rifles expired in Jan 1827, the U.S. Ordnance Dept contracted with Simeon North of Middletown, Connecticut to produce 5,000 flintlock Hall rifles.  This single-shot US breechloading longarm measures 52¾” long with a 32 5/8” long round barrel.  Chambered for a .52 caliber round, breechblock pivots upward for loading and is released via a lever device (a.k.a. fishtail) that protrudes from the bottom of the stock forward of the trigger.

Lockplate retains its lock, hammer (cock), jaw, pan, frizzen, and all springs.   Barrel bore is rifled with sixteen lands and grooves set in a clockwise direction. Rifling is dusty with scattered light pitting and extends to within 1½” of the muzzle. All iron mountings and the barrel, save the lock, retain the original factory browning with a few scratches with light touchups that present a smooth hard finish. Barrel has a small front sight that doubles for the angular bayonet. Open plain notch rear sight sits atop the receiver surface in front of the upper barrel band. Both sights are offset to the left to allow for sighting past the old flintlock pan and frizzen. Breechblock has lost all case colors.

Top flat of breechblock bears the five-line address with “U.S. / S. NORTH / MIDLtn / CONN / 1835”. Letters are clear but date is thin. Black walnut full-length stock is 49¾” long and exhibits a dark, pleasing patina.  Stock also appears to have been refinished at one time.  Has normal dings and dents due to age and use. Two government cartouches visible, one on the stock flat in front of the butt tang, and the other on the left side of the flat behind the hammer.

Stock shows one repair at top of wrist back of the breechblock with a triangle-shaped chip (1½”x 1¼”x1”) that has been nailed.  The 8 1/8” long, iron triggerguard plate has the characteristic ‘pistol grip’ set to the rear of the guard bow. An iron sling swivel is riveted forward of guard with a second swivel riveted at the middle barrel band. Double-branched upper band also holds the original steel ramrod with a convex button-head. Barrel is secured to the stock via three-barrel bands and three band springs with no pin fasteners. A handsome US breechloading Simeon North M1819 flintlock US Hall rifle specimen.

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