COLT Special Model 1861 Contract Rifle-Musket, Dated 1864 Complete with “US” Marked Bayonet Date/Period: 1864 - Antique Associated At West Townsend

COLT Special Model 1861 Contract Rifle-Musket, Dated 1864 Complete with “US” Marked Bayonet Date/Period: 1864

COLT Special Model 1861 Contract Rifle-Musket, Dated 1864 Complete with “US” Marked Bayonet Date/Period: 1864

“V / P / eagle head” on barrel, “eagle head” on bolster; standard lockplate markings: COLT’S PT F A MFG CO / HARTFORD / CT The buttplate marked: US. Crisp inspectors’ marks: “AWM” on left side of stock for Allen Wait Mather. John Taylor’s final acceptance cartouche is found in the same area. See pp. 128/129 [Mather] and pp. 201/202 [John Taylor] of U.S. Military Arms Inspector Marks by Anthony Daum and Charles Pate. Mowbray Publishers, Rhode Island, 2016. It appears that the illegible mark on top of stock ahead of buttplate is Mather’s. Standard two-leaf rear site; bayonet lug/blade front site.

Item Date: 1864

Measurement: .58-caliber, 40-inch barrel

Material: Walnut stock, all metal parts finished bright

Item Condition: Super fine, unused, bright sharp bore, all markings are deep and crisp, mechanically tight, and smooth.

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SKU 728-118

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