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Firearms >> Other Firearms >> Went Krag Shopping; http://www.kragcollectorsassociation.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1591369182 Message started by HeyJoe on Jun 5^th, 2020 at 2:59pm

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Post by HeyJoe on Jun 5^th, 2020 at 2:59pm

but came home with a Colt. Packed in whale oil. All the time scrubbing it I feared finding "Italy" stamped on it. Made in 1864 for NJ; never issued. Like NOS, new old stock, mint but no history to tell. I'm happy.

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Post by butlersrangers on Jun 5^th, 2020 at 3:16pm

A Colt "Sprenfield". Nice!

They are 'special' muskets.

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Post by Mike4MSU on Jun 5^th, 2020 at 3:26pm

Wow, that is GORGEOUS! Congratulations! Wish I were lucky enough to own such a nice piece of history.

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Post by Whig on Jun 5^th, 2020 at 4:40pm

Heck, that is pretty.

They all have a history, by the way! Yours is just not quite as exciting, evidently.

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Post by HeyJoe on Jun 6^th, 2020 at 1:55pm

The butt plate is unscratched, never even been in a parade. Bore like new. Wood is sharp and clean. At least now it will get some light as a wall hanger.

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Post by butlersrangers on Jun 6^th, 2020 at 2:03pm

Most gorgeous!

IIRC - The Colt Special Musket was built on Machinery from the defunct Robbins & Lawrence Company, which had been bankrupted by expansion to build 'Enfields' for Britain, during the Crimean War.

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Post by 148Infantry on Jun 17^th, 2020 at 1:25am

I've been collecting and researching firearms for 20 years or so. And hearing about a find of an un-issued Civil War contract musket is amazing! That's incredible, you keep living right my friend! I see by your location makes this plausible, where I live was mainly uninhibited wilderness for hundreds of miles during the time of the Civil War, hehe