cut-down-civil-war-springfield-rifle-musket
Lot 651
Cut Down Civil War Springfield Rifle Musket
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
.58 caliber, percussion, 24-3/8 in. round barrel, walnut stock with iron mounts throughout, the the lockplate marked U.S. / SPRINGFIELD under the hammer and obscured 186_ date behind hammer.

44 in. overall length

From the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Lindley Butler, Reidsville, North Carolina

Working action; dings to wood; hairlines behind and under the lockplate; a postwar workhorse in fair condition.