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PEABODY 1872 SPRINGFIELD TRIALS RIFLE
Guns International #: 101535436 Seller's Inventory #: 1022A
Category: Military Rifles - Antique - Springfield Rifles - Antique
Seller's Information
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Seller: Jim Goergen
Company: Goergen's Gun Shop
Member Since: 6/17/13
State: Minnesota
Zip: 55912
Country: United States
Phone: (507) 433-9280
Phone2: (507) 219-1379
Platinum Seller
Number of Active Listings: 465
Total Number of Listings: 8299
Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
$50.00 shipping on long guns, $20 handguns and tools, $30 ammunition
Payment Types Accepted: Cashiers Checks, Money Orders and Personal Checks. Shipment will be delayed 5 working days while personal checks clear. Lay-away plan available; 20% down, balance in 90 days.
Description:
#1022A PEABODY 1872 SPRINGFIELD TRIALS RIFLE, 45-70, 32 1/2” rd. bbl., this is 1 of 4 different rifles that Peabody submitted to the Army Ordinance Board of 1872, this was the last rifle #63 by the trials board, was subsequently rebarreled with a 45 cal. by the Springfield Arsenal for further testing, Military flip up rear sight, blade post front sight, complete with cleaning rod, 2 bbl. bands with sling swivels, breech block shows extensive work done on the experimental firing pin return spring, firing pin can be viewed through an opening in top of the breech block, a line border around front of receiver, metal is mostly in the white, exc. bore & wood, receiver marked “Peabody Patent July 22 1862 Mfg. by Providence Tool Co. Providence RI”, also has experimental double extractor system, this rifle is shown in the photographic records of the Trials Ord. (Ofdenance memorandum 15 plate 63), H stamped on strap on left side & lower tang. $3450
SOLD
Antique: Yes