Guns International #: 102878315
Seller's Inventory #: 233566

Category - Civil War Rifles - Antique Rifles - Percussion

Category
Civil War Rifles
Antique Rifles - Percussion

CIVIL WAR Antique U.S. TRENTON, NEW JERSEY “EVERYMAN’S” M1861 Rifle-Musket TRENTON LOCOMOTIVE & MACHINE Co. Rifle

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CIVIL WAR Antique U.S. TRENTON, NEW JERSEY “EVERYMAN’S” M1861 Rifle-Musket

TRENTON LOCOMOTIVE & MACHINE Co. Rifle

Here we present an antique U.S. Model 1861 Rifle-Musket, manufactured under a contract held by J.T. Hodge and A.M. Burton at the Trenton Locomotive and Machine Company in Trenton, New Jersey circa 1863- 1864. The Model 1861 is representative of the “everyman’s” rifle during the American Civil 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 example has an 1864 dated lock and barrel.

Estimates vary, but Flayderman estimates that 11,495 were made at the Trenton Locomotive & Machine Company. 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 overall condition is good. Gray patina throughout. The action is strong. The bore is patinated with decent rifling throughout. The left stock flat shows two Ordnance cartouches as well as a faint name. There is a small repaired sliver just above the front of the lock; otherwise solid.

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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Antique: Yes