An Overview Of The US Army's Civil War Longarms

John Thomas8 · #2

If you do watch, pay attention to the last 5 minutes.

#3

My great-great-grandfather was a surgeon from Mississippi during the War, and he was fully immersed in the results of those rifles. I have all the letters he wrote to his wife while he was away from home.

Whatever4 · #4

I got me a couple of them Springfield Trapdoors in my collection of 2 long guns. Inherited from my dad. They spent 50 years wrapped in a flowered sheet under my parents’ bedroom (several different houses, same location), now in my hall closet in carrying bags. Pretty sure they haven’t been fired in this OR the last century. Can’t figure out what to do with them as the barrels are kinda rusty.

(I sold the WWII gun along with some paperwork from the Navy authorizing possession of said weapon.)

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Frater I*I · #5

Whatever4 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2024 11:00 pm Pretty sure they haven’t been fired in this OR the last century. Can’t figure out what to do with them as the barrels are kinda rusty.

(I sold the WWII gun along with some paperwork from the Navy authorizing possession of said weapon.)

There are collectors out there that would easily be willing to buy them for restoration...

Seeing as the paper you presented said with bayonet, it would either be a M1903 Springfield bolt action rifle, or an M1 Garand semi auto rifle, both chamber in 30-06 caliber....