page_title: Harper's Ferry flintlock pistol
section_title: Later developments
hierarchical_section_title: Harper's Ferry flintlock pistol / Later developments
caption_attribution_description: On display at Sutter's Fort in Sacramento, California. Photo by Jim Heaphy.
context_page_description: The model 1805 U.S. Marshal "Harper's Ferry" flintlock pistol, manufactured at the Harpers Ferry Armory in Virginia, was the first pistol manufactured by an American national armory. It was the standard handgun of the US dragoons during the War of 1812.
context_section_description: Improved models of the Harpers Ferry pistol were produced in 1812, 1818, and 1835. These were the first standardised pistols issued to the US Marshals after the War of 1812, and to the Texas Rangers before the Texan War of Independence. 
  A caplock conversion of the M1835 pistol was issued to the US Cavalry during the Seminole War and US-Mexican War until the Colt Dragoon revolver was introduced in 1847. The last Harpers Ferry pistol was the Model 1855, a .58 caliber handgun with a detachable shoulder stock designed for use by US dragoons during the Indian Wars.
  Harpers Ferry pistols were widely used by gunfighters and mountain men in the early days of the Old West, including Kit Carson. Many were also issued to the Confederate army during the American Civil War. Lawrence O'Bryan Branch was carrying a pair of M1835 pistols when he was killed by a Union army sniper in 1862.
caption: 1836 pattern Harpers Ferry pistol
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