Guns International #: 102991581
Seller's Inventory #: 247646

Category - Civil War Rifles - Antique Rifles - Percussion

Category
Civil War Rifles
Antique Rifles - Percussion

Antique CIVIL WAR U.S. Lamson, Goodnow and Yale SPECIAL M1861 Rifle-Musket NEW JERSEY Marked 1864 Dated Lock CONTRACT M1861

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Antique CIVIL WAR U.S. Lamson, Goodnow and Yale SPECIAL M1861 Rifle-Musket
NEW JERSEY Marked 1864 Dated Lock CONTRACT M1861
Here we present an antique U.S. Contract Lamson, Goodnow, and Yale Special Model 1861 Percussion Rifle-Musket, produced in 1864 in Windsor, Vermont. Production began in July of 1861 when the Civil War was getting started. The Union was still trying to make up for arms shortages and the destruction of Harpers Ferry Armory with production at Springfield, supplementing this with contracts with over 20 other contractors, like Lamson, Goodnow, and Yale, for rifle-muskets.
The M1861 is representative of the “everyman’s” rifle during the war. About 1.5 million rifle-muskets were made in the U.S., over 800,000 of which were made by the Springfield Armory. This was the last hurrah of the rifle-musket as arms development and tactics rapidly advanced during the short period of the American Civil War. Nevertheless, the 1861 represented new technology as it was made for use with the Minié ball, a hollow based, conical projectile that was small enough to quickly push down the muzzle of a rifled barrel and expanded to create a good gas seal unlike a solid, round ball. Almost immediately after the war, the US military switched from the old muzzle loading type weapons to the newer breech loading rifles, bringing an end to the musket as a standard frontline firearm in American history.
The American Civil War raged from April 12, 1861 to May 9, 1865 in which roughly 50,000 Model 1861 muskets were produced by Lamson, Goodnow, and Yale for the U.S. government. Like the Springfield production of the Model 1861, their contract model could be considered the “everyman’s” infantry weapon.
The overall condition is good. This example has been refinished. Strong action. Semi-bright bore, clear and rifled. Solid stock with an average amount of wear and a few thin cracks are present on the left side of the wrist. “KWH” is hand inscribed on the right side of the butt stock. Leible markings. The first and middle barrel bands are loose.
Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.
Barrel is 40 inches.
Caliber:  .58 Percussion
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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