Jeff in Ohio
First Sergeant
- Joined
- Oct 17, 2015
Here is one of my favorite personalizations - this Springfield smoothbore flintlock musket dated 1838 was converted to cone in barrel percussion, went to War, was stamped by OHIO as an Ohio owned weapon, and then post-war, it was modified along the lines of a Trade Gun - and used that way all to heck. Notice that the flat buttplate has worn most of the way off!
This has the classic "Indian Trade Gun" characteristics of a thinned stock with pinned barrel, shorter barrel, smooth bore, simple fixed rear and front sights, and a flat buttplate nailed to the wood; it also has a, 1868 dated medallion fastened to the wrist of the stock, same place you find one on the "chief's grade" trade guns.
The OHIO stamps would have been put on during the War. Who knows about the nice C. H. in front of the trigger guard?
This has the classic "Indian Trade Gun" characteristics of a thinned stock with pinned barrel, shorter barrel, smooth bore, simple fixed rear and front sights, and a flat buttplate nailed to the wood; it also has a, 1868 dated medallion fastened to the wrist of the stock, same place you find one on the "chief's grade" trade guns.
The OHIO stamps would have been put on during the War. Who knows about the nice C. H. in front of the trigger guard?
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