Got me an 1861 repro Rifled Musket free

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Hello all,
Last night a friend called me and tole me he had something for me and told me he had an 1861 Springfield and a sword, and said he would give them to me for free if I would just come get them. I hopped in my truck and went over there quick. It is a Euroarms and a bit heavy to me. I have had other Euroarms rifles and they were heavy to me. For example in my reenacting days in the '80s n early '90s, I had both a Euroarms and an Armi Sport 3 band Enfield and the Euroarms was thicker and heavier than the Armi Sport. But anyway, he said it had been his dad's and had never been fired as far as he knew. His dad died a couple of years ago, and had had it for years, no telling how long. His dad was a collector of original antique fire arms. I figured he just bought or ordered this repro on a whim.

The rifle is in excellent shape and obviously has never been used or handled much. Covered in dust. The only bad spots is along one side of the upper half of the barrel is some bad rust spots as if it had been leaned against a wet towel and left there, or perhaps something ws spilled or splashed on it. Too bad. A fine rifle other than that. The bore was dark and looked like dust all in it. I cleaned her all up this morning. Swabbed the bore out with brush, then patches with solvent,, then dry patches, then oil patches. Rubbed oil into the sock and brought out the beautiful dark wood. She looks pretty as a picture now.

The sword appears to be an early copy of the 1860 or possibly 1840 cavalry sabre. The CS model with the brown leather and wire wrapped grip, with the little square with "CSA" in it right in front of the guard. A bit more blade heavy and cumbersome than an original to say the least.
Just thought someone would find that interesting.
 
Hello all,
Last night a friend called me and tole me he had something for me and told me he had an 1861 Springfield and a sword, and said he would give them to me for free if I would just come get them. I hopped in my truck and went over there quick. It is a Euroarms and a bit heavy to me. I have had other Euroarms rifles and they were heavy to me. For example in my reenacting days in the '80s n early '90s, I had both a Euroarms and an Armi Sport 3 band Enfield and the Euroarms was thicker and heavier than the Armi Sport. But anyway, he said it had been his dad's and had never been fired as far as he knew. His dad died a couple of years ago, and had had it for years, no telling how long. His dad was a collector of original antique fire arms. I figured he just bought or ordered this repro on a whim.

The rifle is in excellent shape and obviously has never been used or handled much. Covered in dust. The only bad spots is along one side of the upper half of the barrel is some bad rust spots as if it had been leaned against a wet towel and left there, or perhaps something ws spilled or splashed on it. Too bad. A fine rifle other than that. The bore was dark and looked like dust all in it. I cleaned her all up this morning. Swabbed the bore out with brush, then patches with solvent,, then dry patches, then oil patches. Rubbed oil into the sock and brought out the beautiful dark wood. She looks pretty as a picture now.

The sword appears to be an early copy of the 1860 or possibly 1840 cavalry sabre. The CS model with the brown leather and wire wrapped grip, with the little square with "CSA" in it right in front of the guard. A bit more blade heavy and cumbersome than an original to say the least.
Just thought someone would find that interesting.
PICTURES!

Kevin Dally
 
Kevin Dally, here are some pics. You can see one side is almost pristeen and the other side has that rust on barrel and a couple of spots like on tang.
 

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