Original U.S. Civil War Springfield M1863 Type II Rifled Musket Shortened for Frontier Use - Dated 1864 Royal Air Force Blechhammer

Blechhammer

1938 ("infantry rifle" Model 1938)

Written in pencil on the reverse of the photo it reads:

brass wire binding missing

Stock is sound with with a fine hand worn patina

Original U.S. Civil War Springfield M1863 Type II Rifled Musket Shortened for Frontier Use - Dated 1864 Royal Air Force BlechhammerOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Springfield Model 1863 rifled musket is a . 58 caliber rifled musket produced by the Springfield Armory between 1863 and 1865. The Model 1863 was a minor improvement over the Springfield Model 1861. As such, it is sometimes classified as just a variant of the Model 1861. The Model 1861, with all of its variants, was the most commonly used longarm in the American Civil War, with over 700,000 manufactured. The