Original U.S. Civil War Springfield M-1861 by Parker Snow Converted to Miller Patent Breechloading Short Rifle - dated 1863 Availability_International designed for a bayonet lug

designed for a bayonet lug that fits into a round hole in the pommel of the bayonet

The leather is still in its issued unstained

though it will have cracks from age

The label is still 100% intact and easily readable

Due to the fact that Poland ended the war under Soviet occupation

Original U.S. Civil War Springfield M-1861 by Parker Snow Converted to Miller Patent Breechloading Short Rifle - dated 1863 Availability_International designed for a bayonet lugOriginal Item: One Only. This is really a Peach! Probably the best example we have seen of this type of conversion! This rifle started out as a Civil War Model 1861 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. Commonly referred to as the "Springfield" (after its original place of design and production,