Original Springfield M-1863 Rifled Musket Converted to Miller Patent Breechloading Rifle MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets Many units that carried the

Many units that carried the Martini had the rifle serial number stamped into the brass sight protector

Arrived Liverpool

when it merged with WR Kirschbaum & Cie to form Weyersberg Kirschbaum & Cie

Air Wing 14 squadrons flew the last combat sorties of the Vietnam War

- Original Dog Tags

Original Springfield M-1863 Rifled Musket Converted to Miller Patent Breechloading Rifle MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets Many units that carried theOriginal Item: One Only. This is really a Peach! This rifle started out as a Civil War Springfield Rifle Musket, dated 1863, made by PARKERS ' SNOW & CO. MERIDEN, CONN, as listed on the lock plate. There is also the "Spread Eagle" over U. S. marking, indicating military production. Around 700,000 were produced from 1863 until the end of the Civil War in 1865. With the advent of breech loading cartridge firearms, the government was looking for cost