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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:American
Title:Rifle
Type:Armament; Fishing/Trapping/Hunting
Measurements:overall: 47 7/8 in; 121.6025 cm
Accession Number:  MH SK L.B.1.15
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College

Description:
Percussion cap muzzle loading Springfield rifle, with 31 3/4" round barrel, 5/8 bore. Ash stock whch has been cut off 17 3/8" from muzzle. Plain brass butt plate and trigger guard, one flat swivel on band, set sights rear and front, swivel on trigger guard missing. Marked on hammer plate: SPRINGFIELD 1851. Indistinctly marked on barrel "6 V 928". S stamped on under side of butt.
Weight: 7 1/2 lbs
In rather poor condition.

Tags:
firearms; weapons

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