Original Springfield M-1863 Rifled Musket Converted to Miller Patent Breechloader German Badges & Signs and 4 piece demilled receiver

and 4 piece demilled receiver

they are very fragile

USS New Kent (APA-217) was a Haskell-class attack transport of the US Navy in World War II

just south of London

He was the left waist gunner and flew as a member of the B-24 Liberator Duration Baby crew captained by Ross Baker

Original Springfield M-1863 Rifled Musket Converted to Miller Patent Breechloader German Badges & Signs and 4 piece demilled receiverOriginal 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