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The 1842 U.S. Percussion Musket, notable for being a .69-caliber musket, was the first weapon made at both the Harpers Ferry and Springfield Armories, with completely interchangeable parts. More than a quarter of a million of the muskets were manufactured from 1844 to 1855; Harpers Ferry Armory produced 103,000, and Springfield Armory produced 172,000 of the 1842 model. Five different arsenals were involved in rifling smoothbore 42's and a little less than 44,000 were rifled between 1855 and 1859. The 1842, both smoothbore and rifled saw considerable use during the Civil War.