Original U.S. Civil War Springfield M-1863 Bridesburg Short Rifle Converted to M-1866 Trapdoor in "As Found" Condition - dated 1864 Category_Flintlock Muskets and Rifles fork and spoon of a

fork and spoon of a suitable pat tern can be placed in the case along with the other articles of the kit

The leather of the scabbard has somewhat shrunk preventing the blade to be fully inserted

shows some period impressed initials W

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and retains its original bottom screw cap

Original U.S. Civil War Springfield M-1863 Bridesburg Short Rifle Converted to M-1866 Trapdoor in "As Found" Condition - dated 1864 Category_Flintlock Muskets and Rifles fork and spoon of aOriginal Item: Only One Available. Over the years, IMA has purchased many collections and groups of antique guns, in which case we need to take all of them, as we did in Nepal. While these collections were generally full of guns that relatively good condition, they also had some that were less complete and unfortunately would take more restoration time than we were able to give them. We kept them in storage, possibly for future products, but have now