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{{Infobox weapon
| name = Springfield Model 1835
| image = NMAH-1835.jpg
| image_size = 300
| caption = 
| origin = United States
| type = [[Musket]]
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| is_UK = <!-- Service history -->
| service = 1835–1865
| used_by = [[Union (American Civil War)|United States]]<br />[[Confederate States]]
| wars = [[American Indian Wars]]<br />[[Mexican–American War]]<br />[[American Civil War]]
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| design_date = 1835
| manufacturer = [[Springfield Armory]]<br />[[Harpers Ferry Armory]]<br>Various private contractors
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| production_date = 1835–1840
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| weight = {{convert|10|lb|abbr=on}}
| length = {{convert|58.0|in|abbr=on}}
| part_length = {{convert|42.0|in|abbr=on}}
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| crew = <!-- Ranged weapon specifications -->
| cartridge = [[Paper cartridge]], [[buck and ball]]/[[Round shot|musket ball]] undersized (.65/16.510 mm) to reduce the effects of powder [[fouling]]
| caliber = .69 in (17.526 mm)
| barrels = 
| action = [[Flintlock]]/[[percussion lock]] (conversion)
| rate = User dependent; usually 2 to 3 rounds per minute
| velocity = {{convert|1000|ft/s|abbr=on}} to {{convert|1200|ft/s|abbr=on}}
| range = 100 to 200 yards, in reality 50 to 75 yards
| max_range = 300 yd (275 m)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Barbieri|first=Michael|date=2013-08-26|title=How far is "musket-shot"? Farther than you think.|url=https://allthingsliberty.com/2013/08/how-far-is-musket-shot-farther-than-you-think/|access-date=2021-06-12|website=Journal of the American Revolution|language=en-US}}</ref>
| feed = [[Muzzleloader|Muzzle-loaded]]
| sights = A [[Iron sights|front sight]] cast into the upper barrel band, rear sight (percussion/rifled conversion)
}}
The '''Springfield Model 1835''' was a .69 [[caliber]] flintlock [[musket]] manufactured in the [[United States of America|United States]] during the early 19th century.

The Model 1835 was [[Manufacturing|manufactured]] by the [[Springfield Armory|Springfield]] and [[Harpers Ferry Armory|Harpers Ferry]] armories and also produced by other independent [[Defense contractor|contractors]]. It was a [[smoothbore]] musket and fired a .69 caliber [[musket ball|round ball]].<ref>''The Civil War Book of Lists'', by Combined Books (Firm), Published by Da Capo Press, 1992</ref> The Model 1835 is sometimes considered to be its own model number, but is often considered to be just a continuation of the [[Model 1816 Musket|Springfield Model 1816]] designated as the Type III. The [[Gun barrel|barrel]] was slightly longer than the Model 1816 and the total weight of the Model 1835 was slightly higher, but otherwise the Model 1835 was very similar to the Model 1816. Even though the final product was very similar, significantly different manufacturing techniques were used in the creation of the Model 1835, and a great deal of emphasis was placed on parts interchangeability. This paved the way for the [[Springfield Model 1842]] which was the first musket to be constructed of all [[interchangeable parts]].<ref>''Harpers Ferry Armory and the New Technology'', by Merritt Roe Smith, Published by Cornell University Press, 1980</ref>

Most Model 1835 muskets had their flintlocks replaced with a [[percussion lock]] during the 1840s and 1850s. Some of the Model 1835 muskets also had their barrels [[rifled]] during this same period, if the barrel was deemed thick enough to be structurally sound.

The Model 1835 was used in the [[Mexican–American War]].<ref>''Civil War Leadership and Mexican War Experience'', by Kevin Dougherty, Published by University Press of Mississippi, 2007</ref> The Model 1835 was also used by both the [[Union (American Civil War)|North]] and [[Confederate States of America|South]] during the [[American Civil War]].

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{{succession box
| title = United States Army rifle
| before = [[Model 1822 Musket]]
| years = 1835-1840
| after = [[Springfield Model 1840 flintlock musket]]
}}
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==See also==
* [[Springfield musket]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Springfield Model 1835}}
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[[Category:Springfield firearms]]
[[Category:Muskets]]
[[Category:American Civil War weapons]]
[[Category:Weapons of the Confederate States of America]]