Original U.S. Civil War Springfield M-1863 Mason Contract Rifle Converted to Robert's Patent 1867 Breechloader Category_MG 34 Buffer & Butt Stock not stiffened with pasteboard

not stiffened with pasteboard

The safety is still present

We have made no attempts to undo any of the snap buttons

with just a bit of tarnish

The frame is stamped CAL 44 on the side

Original U.S. Civil War Springfield M-1863 Mason Contract Rifle Converted to Robert's Patent 1867 Breechloader Category_MG 34 Buffer & Butt Stock not stiffened with pasteboardOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is something that we have not had in quite some time! This rifle started out as a Civil War Springfield Rifled Musket, dated 1863, made under contract by William Mason of Taunton, Massachusetts. This firm produced 30,000 muskets under this contract, and was still filling this contract in 1863, so it incorporated the advances of that model into the muskets it made in 1863. It is correctly marked with a Federal