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Roberts Conversion of an 1862 Date Tower Enfield Musket (AL4109) Guns International #: 100939445 Seller's Inventory #: AL4109 Category: Enfield Rifles - Military Rifles - Antique Seller's Information When emailing or calling sellers direct, please mention that you saw their listing on GunsInternational.com Seller: Collectors Firearms Company: CollectorsFirearms, Inc Member Since: 3/6/07 First Name: E-commerce Last Name: Department State: Texas Zip: 77063 Country: United States Phone: (832) 360-1771 Fax: (713) 781-6407 Platinum Seller Number of Active Listings: 9281 Seller: FFL Dealer Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns. Payment Types Accepted: M/C, VISA, American Express and Discover Description: Roberts Conversion of an 1862 Date Tower Enfield Musket. Conversion receiver marked “Roberts patent June 11, 1867”. This appears to be the “short” action conversion. Bore is excellent and action works perfectly. From literature, is seems that the Roberts Breech Loading Arms Co. would convert various percussion rifles to the Roberts system. Also noted was that Schuyler Hartley and Graham in New York acted as an agent for the Roberts Breech Loading Arms Company. Roberts sold their guns in foreign countries and relatively few in the U.S. We are of the opinion that this example may have been sold to France to replace the rifles lost to the Prussians in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870. The French consul in New York City ordered 5790 Roberts muskets from Schuyler Hartley and Graham. More info in the book Roberts Breech Loading Firearms by Ed Hull.
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