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CIVIL WAR Antique U.S. TRENTON, NEW JERSEY “EVERYMAN’S” M1861 Rifle-Musket TRENTON LOCOMOTIVE & MACHINE Co. Rifle
Guns International #: 102815780 Seller's Inventory #: 244367
Category: Civil War Rifles - Antique Rifles - Percussion
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Seller: AncestryGunsLLC
Company: Ancestry Guns LLC
Member Since: 11/3/16
State: Missouri
Zip: 65203
Country: United States
Phone: (314) 707-7373
International Phone: 314-707-7373
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Description:
CIVIL WAR Antique U.S. TRENTON, NEW JERSEY “EVERYMAN’S” M1861 Rifle-Musket
TRENTON LOCOMOTIVE & MACHINE Co. Rifle
Here we present an antique U.S. Model 1861 Rifle-Musket, manufactured under a contract held by J.T. Hodge and A.M. Burton at the Trenton Locomotive and Machine Company in Trenton, New Jersey circa 1864. The Model 1861 is representative of the “everyman’s” rifle during the American Civil War. About 1.5 million rifle-muskets were made in the U.S., over 800,000 of which were made by the Springfield Armory.
Estimates vary, but Flayderman estimates that 11,495 were made at the Trenton Locomotive & Machine Company. This was the last hurrah of the rifle-musket as arms development and tactics rapidly advanced during the short period of the American Civil War. Nevertheless, the 1861 represented new technology as it was made for use with the Minié ball, a hollow based, conical projectile that was small enough to quickly push down the muzzle of a rifled barrel and expanded to create a good gas seal unlike a solid, round ball. Almost immediately after the war, the US military switched from the old muzzle loading type weapons to the newer breech loading rifles, bringing an end to the musket as a standard frontline firearm in American history.
The overall condition is good. Patina throughout. The action is excellent. The bore is dim with worn rifling. The stock shows much use. There is an extensive repair at the wrist that is difficult to see and remains solid. The left stock flat bears both a good inspectors cartouche as well as some soldier graffiti.
Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.
Barrel is 40 inches.
Caliber: .58 percussion
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$2000
#244367
SOLD
Antique: Yes