Jeff in Ohio
First Sergeant
- Joined
- Oct 17, 2015
I picked up an interesting rifle musket today with a Springfield lockplate but mixed parts. The original proofs had been removed from the barrel long ago, but it had the Richmond Armory "re-proof" star. When the Confederate Armory at Richmond proof fired a scavenged barrel that has been armory fixed in some way, this star was stamped to show the barrel had been proof fired after repair. I suspect when I take it apart I will find the breach plug is also marked with the star - Richmond would not have reproofed a good US barrel that was not damaged and not repaired in some way, and likely the repair was installation of a new breach plug.
In any event, the barrel has about six lands and six grooves, rather than the three of each I am used to seeing.
The bolster is the M1861 type bolster.
What maker made these barrels with more than three lands and three groves?
Jeff
In any event, the barrel has about six lands and six grooves, rather than the three of each I am used to seeing.
The bolster is the M1861 type bolster.
What maker made these barrels with more than three lands and three groves?
Jeff