RARE SPRINGFIELD MODEL 1851 CADET LONG RANGE RIFLE/MUSKET WITH BAYONET.

RARE SPRINGFIELD MODEL 1851 CADET LONG RANGE RIFLE/MUSKET WITH BAYONET. Cal. 57. Fine, lightweight cadet rifle with 40″ rifled rnd bbl with square bayonet lug on bottom below the muzzle. Front sight is integral with the front strap of the split front band and it has an 800 yard musket rear sight. Breech end of bbl is marked with small “V” and “P” with eagle head proofs. Lockplate & top tang are both dated “1853”. Lockplate is marked with a small eagle over “US” in front of hammer with “SPRING / FIELD / 1853” on the tail. Lower band is marked “171” on top. Mounted in a lightweight 1-pc stock with 1841-style split front band and two contoured flat iron bands, all with spring keepers. Middle band has a sling wire with corresponding sling wire on trigger bow. It has standard, flat, musket buttplate with “US” at tip of tang and “A / 24″ by the heel. Accompanied by an orig cadet-sized socket bayonet with 14-1/2” triangular-shaped blade marked “US” near the neck. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms there were only 341 rifled cadet muskets of the total 1,160 “1853” dated specimens produced. Altogether, counting all the dates, only 4,000 were produced in the 1851-53 period. All were issued to various military academies. It is recorded that the Virginia Military Institute had ordered 200 of these cadet muskets for their student body and that during the Civil War the cadets used them in a battle against Union forces. Most of those cadet rifles were collected and thrown into a nearby river with some being salvaged at a later date. PROVENANCE: Peter Wainwright Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus. Metal all retains most of its bright orig-appearing finish, possibly cleaned a long time ago. Wood is sound with light handling & use marks and retains 30-40% orig finish mixed with a hand worn patina. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore with a small ring about 4″ from muzzle. Bayonet is fine and retains about 50% orig polish mixed with light surface spotting. 4-38206 JR384 (3,000-5,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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	2559	$4,312.50	RARE SPRINGFIELD MODEL 1851 CADET LONG RANGE RIFLE/MUSKET WITH BAYONET. Cal. 57. Fine, lightweight cadet rifle with 40″ rifled rnd bbl with square bayonet lug on bottom below the muzzle. Front sight is integral with the front strap of the split front band and it has an 800 yard musket rear sight. Breech end of bbl is marked with small “V” and “P” with eagle head proofs. Lockplate & top tang are both dated “1853”. Lockplate is marked with a small eagle over “US” in front of hammer with “SPRING / FIELD / 1853” on the tail. Lower band is marked “171” on top. Mounted in a lightweight 1-pc stock with 1841-style split front band and two contoured flat iron bands, all with spring keepers. Middle band has a sling wire with corresponding sling wire on trigger bow. It has standard, flat, musket buttplate with “US” at tip of tang and “A / 24″ by the heel. Accompanied by an orig cadet-sized socket bayonet with 14-1/2” triangular-shaped blade marked “US” near the neck. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms there were only 341 rifled cadet muskets of the total 1,160 “1853” dated specimens produced. Altogether, counting all the dates, only 4,000 were produced in the 1851-53 period. All were issued to various military academies. It is recorded that the Virginia Military Institute had ordered 200 of these cadet muskets for their student body and that during the Civil War the cadets used them in a battle against Union forces. Most of those cadet rifles were collected and thrown into a nearby river with some being salvaged at a later date. PROVENANCE: Peter Wainwright Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus. Metal all retains most of its bright orig-appearing finish, possibly cleaned a long time ago. Wood is sound with light handling & use marks and retains 30-40% orig finish mixed with a hand worn patina. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore with a small ring about 4″ from muzzle. Bayonet is fine and retains about 50% orig polish mixed with light surface spotting. 4-38206 JR384 (3,000-5,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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