Original U.S. Civil War Springfield Model 1863 Type I Rifled Musket by Springfield Armory with Fixed Sight - Dated 1863 Snider Rifle Dating we suspect of the

Dating we suspect of the period

The knife has wood grips with steel rivets

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The under hammer RING trigger rotates the barrels to the next chamber in a double action motion

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Original U.S. Civil War Springfield Model 1863 Type I Rifled Musket by Springfield Armory with Fixed Sight - Dated 1863 Snider Rifle Dating we suspect of theOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Springfield Model 1863 rifled musket is a . 58 caliber rifled musket produced by the Springfield Armory between 1863 and 1865. The Model 1863 was a minor improvement over the Springfield Model 1861. As such, it is sometimes classified as just a variant of the Model 1861. The Model 1861, with all of its variants, was the most commonly used longarm in the American Civil War, with over 700,000 manufactured. The