Original Springfield M-1863 Rifled Musket Converted to Miller Patent Breechloader US Civil War Because of a malfunction in

Because of a malfunction in the lead plane's invalometer

The fiber liners are the correct “high pressure” WWII type with frontal eyelet

With original Westinghouse liner that was converted to paratrooper liner

Bayntun joined the navy at a young age and received his lieutenancy at just seventeen on 15 April 1783

These were first issued in 1859

Original Springfield M-1863 Rifled Musket Converted to Miller Patent Breechloader US Civil War Because of a malfunction inOriginal Item: One Only. This is really a Peach! This rifle started out as a Civil War Springfield Rifle Musket, dated 1863, made by PARKERS ' SNOW & CO. MERIDEN, CONN, as listed on the lock plate. There is also the "Spread Eagle" over U. S. marking, indicating military production. Around 700,000 were produced from 1863 until the end of the Civil War in 1865. With the advent of breech loading cartridge firearms, the government was looking for cost