RARE FULL LENGTH INDIAN USED AND TACK INLAID SPRINGFIELD RIFLE/MUSKET.

RARE FULL LENGTH INDIAN USED AND TACK INLAID SPRINGFIELD RIFLE/MUSKET. SN NSN. Cal. 58. Rare Indian used rifle/musket with 39-1/4″ bbl, reduced from the orig 40″. It has square base front sight/bayonet lug with 2-position Type II rear sight. Mounted in a full length 1-pc stock with three solid bands retained by spring keepers and has a slotted head ramrod. Trigger guard & middle band are missing their sling wires. Buttstock is elaborately inlaid with square shank brass tacks over both sides and part of the bottom showing great age on the brass and heavy wear on the wood around the tack heads. The wrist is wrapped with fine brass wire, missing about 25% of the wrapping which had left a distinct impression in the surface of the wood. There is an unusual Belgian proof by the rear sight. Lockplate has standard markings of a small American eagle & “U.S. / SPRINGFIELD” forward of the hammer and the date “1864” back of the hammer. As per the consignor, this rare musket was discovered 7 yrs ago in an old U.S. collection just below the Canadian border and was previously unknown to collectors. An important note regarding this Springfield is the fact that these obsolete muskets after the civil war were issued to troops on the frontier. Some troops that were issued these weapons were those under the command of Captain William Fetterman of Company A. Despite being warned by his Carrington, who was his commander, Fetterman allowed himself and his entire command to be enticed by Crazy Horse into a trap, the results of which were that Fetterman and his entire command were annihilated. Prior to the massacre at the Little Big Horn, this was the greatest military disaster in the West. Many of those in his command carried these same obsolete Springfield muskets. It is almost certain that this gun was captured after that specific battle, and thus a very rare artifact of one of the first great military massacre on the western plains. CONDITION: Fine, as found condition, being an overall very dark patina with moderate pitting with some cleaning on the bbl & lockplate; stock is missing chips & small slivers by the bbl channel with a couple of minor cracks in the forestock and another back of the lockplate, otherwise is sound and shows very heavy wear and a very dark crusty patina with very heavy wear in the wood in the areas between the rows of tacks, indicating long & hard use by Indians. Mechanics are fine. 4-45615 (35,000-45,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2012

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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	2446	$0.00	RARE FULL LENGTH INDIAN USED AND TACK INLAID SPRINGFIELD RIFLE/MUSKET. SN NSN. Cal. 58. Rare Indian used rifle/musket with 39-1/4″ bbl, reduced from the orig 40″. It has square base front sight/bayonet lug with 2-position Type II rear sight. Mounted in a full length 1-pc stock with three solid bands retained by spring keepers and has a slotted head ramrod. Trigger guard & middle band are missing their sling wires. Buttstock is elaborately inlaid with square shank brass tacks over both sides and part of the bottom showing great age on the brass and heavy wear on the wood around the tack heads. The wrist is wrapped with fine brass wire, missing about 25% of the wrapping which had left a distinct impression in the surface of the wood. There is an unusual Belgian proof by the rear sight. Lockplate has standard markings of a small American eagle & “U.S. / SPRINGFIELD” forward of the hammer and the date “1864” back of the hammer. As per the consignor, this rare musket was discovered 7 yrs ago in an old U.S. collection just below the Canadian border and was previously unknown to collectors. An important note regarding this Springfield is the fact that these obsolete muskets after the civil war were issued to troops on the frontier. Some troops that were issued these weapons were those under the command of Captain William Fetterman of Company A. Despite being warned by his Carrington, who was his commander, Fetterman allowed himself and his entire command to be enticed by Crazy Horse into a trap, the results of which were that Fetterman and his entire command were annihilated. Prior to the massacre at the Little Big Horn, this was the greatest military disaster in the West. Many of those in his command carried these same obsolete Springfield muskets. It is almost certain that this gun was captured after that specific battle, and thus a very rare artifact of one of the first great military massacre on the western plains. CONDITION: Fine, as found condition, being an overall very dark patina with moderate pitting with some cleaning on the bbl & lockplate; stock is missing chips & small slivers by the bbl channel with a couple of minor cracks in the forestock and another back of the lockplate, otherwise is sound and shows very heavy wear and a very dark crusty patina with very heavy wear in the wood in the areas between the rows of tacks, indicating long & hard use by Indians. Mechanics are fine. 4-45615 (35,000-45,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2012 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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