William Muir and Company of Windsor Locks, Connecticut received a contract dated December 7, 1861 calling for 30,000 Model 1861 rifle-muskets to be delivered for a price of $20 each.
This contract was completed, with deliveries beginning on January 22, 1863 and ending on November 3, 1864.

I believe that there was a bit of a scandal regarding this contract as many of the arms delivered by Muir were of inferior quality, and reimbursement was made accordingly, with some being accepted at the low rate of $15.90 each.

There many different contracts awarded to manufacture the Model 1861 rifle-musket in addition to 265,129 Model 1861 rifle-muskets that were produced at Springfield during 1861 and 1862.








If there is an inspector's acceptance stamp on the stock is is pretty obscured.





.58 and .577 caliber paper cartridges are shown below.





The bayonets below are Type 1 and Type 2 U.S. Model 1855 Bayonets that were used with most U.S. rifle-muskets during the Civil War.












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