Hi,
looking for an original of each in good condition. Don?t hesitate to message me.
thank you!
Hi,
looking for an original of each in good condition. Don?t hesitate to message me.
thank you!
What model Springfield?
Preferably a Model 1861. Thank you!
I have two. Can provide pictures. Prefer to talk. Will disclose flaws. DM a phone for contact if you are interested.
Brownie
Smith can look like Sharps
I have a nice, mostly original 3 band Springfield for sale. It hails from Rich Cross about 5 years ago. All original components but a Numrich Arms barrel.
PM me if interested and I'll take copious amounts of pictures.
$850 plus secure shipping. This includes the bullet mould it's sighted in for, Lyman 575494.
Sorry to admit this last part but I don't know the difference between an 1861 or 1863 musket. If there is interest, I'll talk to some of my SAC contacts and get better info.
Bob Anderson
Company C, 1st Michigan Volunteer Infantry
Small Arms Committee
"I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a hand on.
I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them."
- John Wayne in "The Shootist", 1976
The hammer and bolster are different.
Go here and look at the pictures on the top row. Picture # 3 is an 1861 Springfield and picture # 5 is an 1863 Springfield.
1861 and 1863 springfield rifle musket pictures - Yahoo Image Search Results
Last edited by Muley Gil; 4 Weeks Ago at 09:10 PM.
Gil Davis Tercenio
# 3020V
34th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry
Great, great grandson of Cpl Elijah S Davis, Co I, 6th Alabama Inf CSA
If it?s a Numerich barrel it?s probably an 1863 model. I don?t believe they ever made an 1861 barrel, at least I have never seen one in 60 years of civil war collecting and shooting. An 1863 has an S shaped hammer, narrower direct vent bolster and narrow convex shaped barrel bands. The 1861s have a C shaped hammer, wider bolster and wider flat barrel bands.
Barry S.
Last edited by geezmo; 4 Weeks Ago at 09:20 PM.
Numerich barrels are 63's but the bolster has a clean out screw which makes them appear to be 61's. There is a story here including Numerich barrels being a good barrel but small in diameter. My Numerich is 574. These barrels were grandfathered in way back when but I think the policy changed. If you have a Numerich barrel on a musket and you have a SAC card for the musket, you are good. However, I do not think that SAC will approve any NEW muskets will a Numerich Barrel. Do a search of this website for the latest policy change for the Numrich barrel conversions.
Harry in Pa.
Forney's
03626v
They are in the January 2024 listing of Approved Arms with no mention of grandfathering.
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