I have checked all the SRS books and your rifle is not listed. All around it went to units during the Spanish war of 1898.
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I have checked all the SRS books and your rifle is not listed. All around it went to units during the Spanish war of 1898.
I do see the first picture of the bore. Several close in SRS book 2. SC militia in 1898 Close however means nothing.
I see nothing from pictures supplied that looks wrong. Just the bug about the serial number range. if the price is right get it.
None of the SRS books have any information for your serial number. All 240xxx numbers in the books are listed as rifles. Take a very close look at it as the serial number puts production in 1883 a...
There is no listing for your serial number in any of the SRS books.
Also it is not listed in any of the books 2 thru 4. As the regular army prohibited marking of weapons the stocks containing markings as yours does are attributed to state militia units. New York...
While SRS does not list yor serial number it is among carbines it that range. The trigger is also post 1883 swept style and the sight could have been replaced by someone who shot it thinking the...
looks like a nice carbine and there are some in that range in SRS book number 3. 146065 or 146670. Sorry to say yours is not listed. Hope this helps.
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The star after serial number indicates it was built i 1881-82 period using some parts from turned in weapons such as trigger guard, buttplate, bands, locks. Then with other new parts issued to...
Springfield Research Service has no record for your number but all around it went in service to units in the Spanish American war.
No SRS data on that number. As posted on Jouster2 all around it were Spanish war issue.
Should be a cartouche stamp on stock for year 1887. Once in a while you get lucky in this case not. Serial numbers are listed in SRS for 317802, 317803, 317805, 317807 and 3217816.
New York Militia 39th. separate company was stationed at the Watertown Armory ,190 Arsenal street, Watertown New York. Google separate companies New York militia for a explination of how the...
The 1873 blocks were used until the supply ran out. There was no reason to scrap a supply of blocks whose only difference was the date on it. Common to find then up to 1887. You rifle looks like it...
If you do buy it come up the the Muzzle loader black powder club in Piru. Plenty of help there for you. burbankmuzzleloaders.com
Sorry no SRS for your RI rifle but RI 218851 was listed at Cornell University in 1936. ROTC program would be a guess.
Could well be sixty ninth New York, company C , rifle in rack number sixty one.
A barrel letter was added about that number given. However it will usually be "R" or rarely a "T" I stand by my 1885 date for the "A". This I base on better books than the bathroom reader you...
Jeremy, I see some things I do not like for one the stock if original is very over sanded, The barrel has the "A" behind the sight this does not show up until 1885 and later also the cam latch is...
Dick, V-1 has 103 pages 25 on trapdoors, V-2 has 209 pages 57 on trapdoors, V-3 has 197 pages 34 on trapdoors, V-4 95 has 307 pages and 7 on trapdoors, V-4 99 has 461 pages 5 on trapdoors in fine...