Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
Description:
Needham Conversion of a Model 1861/63 Rifle-musket, c. 1869, walnut stock with steel fittings, lockplate dated 1864 and marked with an eagle and U.S./BRIDESBURG, steel barrel with no markings, and a steel ramrod, barrel lg. 37, overall lg. 56 1/4 in.
Estimate $700-900
Stock has some dings and nicks, steel parts have some light scattered pitting, action functions properly.
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