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Sringfield
Guns International #: 101205427 Seller's Inventory #: 1
Category: Antique Rifles - Cartridge - Military Rifles - US
Seller's Information
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Seller: Armsmear Armory
Company: Armsmear Armory
Member Since: 10/30/08
First Name: charles
Last Name: carpenter
State: Florida
Zip: 32324
Country: United States
Phone: (850) 693-6614
Seller: Private Seller
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
3 days
Payment Types Accepted: certified postal money orders preffered
Description:
1873 Springfield Carbine, 45-70cal, in the prime Custer serial range no.18495. Only two 18000 range carbines are known to exist. This gun, by oral Indian tradition, came off the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Montana in 1880 in a trade between a wagon master named R. Bode and a indian for or one siver dollar and a blanket,. I found the wagon master, R. Bode, in an 1880 Oregon census. The Indian signed a bill of sell with an "X" which was his mark. This bill of sell had been kept in their family records for many years. It was shown to Wendall Grangaard in 1970 by one of his workers on a road construction crew, he was a decendent of Black Knife. The story goes that Black Knife was at the Little Big Horn and took a soilders carbine. Black Knife was one of nine cheifs of the Northern Cheyenne and was the head man of the Crazy Dog Society, an elite fighting force at the Little Big Horn. This gun was a first issue to Fort Lincoln to arm Custers troops. It was at the Black Hills expedition and The Little Big Horn. This gun, 18495, was from 7th Calvery Co. F, which were all wiped out at the Little Big Horn. 18000 to 21000 range has had nine carbins varified through forensic testing of shell caseings. There is a grouping of 18000 range guns as the Indians would wipe out the company and take all the guns. This gun is in the holy grail of Custer carbin serial ranges. Guns in this range rarely come up for sell. This gun has all the right features to be a Custer Battle gun. These two guns are very close to mine, 18489 Yellow Dog and 18634 The Crow, they were from the Crow King sruender in 1881. some were indian scouts turn-ins or codition checks and were listed in the archives,there are sveral 18000 guns listed but very few extant Little Big Horn g uns Mr.Granguaard feelsv ery strongly that this caebine was at the LBH that fateful day. He is the top epxert on these Custer battle guns. He vlued it 25-28k
SOLD
Curio/Relic: Yes
Antique: Yes