What is Springfield Model 1795 Musket?
{{Infobox Weapon|is_ranged=yes| |image= |caption= Springfield Model 1795 Musket |name= Model 1795 Musket |type= [[Musket]] |origin= United States |era= |platform= Individual |Target= Personnel |service= 1795-1865 |wars= [[War of 1812]] The Mexican War, and the Civil War |caliber= .69 [[Musket#Ammunition|musket ball]] |length= 60 inches |action= [[Flintlock]] |part_length= 42 -45 inches |range= 50 to 75 yards |max_range= 100 to 200 yards |feed= [[Muzzleloader|Muzzle-loaded]] |rate= 2-3 round/min |weight= 10 lbs. |muzzle velocity= 1213 feet per second |spec_type= Muzzleloader |used_by= United States, [[Confederate States of America]] |variants= |number= 150,000 |production_date= 1795-1818 |design_date=1795 }} The [[US]] '''Springfield Model 1795 Musket''' was the first [[smoothbore]] [[flintlock]] [[musket]] produced in the [[United States]].<ref name=milfact>{{cite web |url=http://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.asp?smallarms_id=375 |title=Harpers Ferry / Springfield Model 1795 Musket (1795) |publisher=The Military Factory |access-date=4 August 2016}}</ref> It was based on the [[France|French]] Model 1763 [[Charleville musket]] and like the French design was a .69 [[caliber]] musket.<ref name=NRAmus>{{cite web |url=http://www.nramuseum.org/guns/the-galleries/a-prospering-new-republic-1780-to-1860/case-7-early-american-military-arms/us-springfield-model-1795-flintlock-musket-type-i.aspx |title=U.S. Springfield Model 1795 Flintlock Musket Type I |publisher=NRA National Firearms Museum |access-date=4 August 2016}}</ref> The Charleville and the [[Brown Bess]] were the two most famous muskets during the [[18th century]].<ref name=Tucker416>Spencer Tucker, ''Almanac of American Military History'', Volume 1 (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2013), p. 416</ref> The Charleville musket had been the primary musket used by Americans during the [[American Revolutionary War]].<ref name=Tucker416/> The Charleville being the more accurate of the two, it was selected as the model for a new American musket. == History