Lot 120

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Description:

U.S. Civil War Springfield Model 1861 percussion musket circa 1861-64
NVSN; .58 caliber, walnut stock, nickel finish, marked "U.S." on buttplate of barrel, "S.N. & W.T.C. FOR MASSACHUSETTS LDP" on left side of breech barrel and eagle over "U.S." and "1863" on lockplate.
overall L51 1/4" barrel L35 3/8"

Provenance: Property deaccessioned from the Centennial Museum at the University of Texas at El Paso to benefit the Museum Collections Fund. (Accession #999990010304 and H660). Brass plaque with State of Texas Inventory #724-16630 fastened to buttplate.

Literature: Flayderman, Norm. FLAYDERMAN'S GUIDE TO ANTIQUE AMERICAN FIREARMS AND THEIR VALUES. 9th ed. Gun Digest Books, 2007. pp.569-71, #9A-331.

Graf, John F. STANDARD CATALOG OF CIVIL WAR FIREARMS. Gun Digest Books, 2008. p.45.

Other Notes: A contract rifle-musket made by S. Norris and W. T. Clement for the State of Massachusetts, 1863-64. The contract called for 11,000 to be delivered (Graf says 13,000).

    Condition:
  • Bore is rifled so it is not an after-war shotgun. Barrel is shorter than standard and stock is not original. "U" for band springs on all three barrel bands but no band springs are present; there is no evidence that the band spring mortises were filled in. Wood is in good condition with a few dings; metal nickeled over pitting.


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