US Model 1868 50/70 Springfiled

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I picked this one up some years back, it's the Model 1868 US Springfield 50/70 made in 1870. It uses a lockplate from the 1863 Springfield rifle/musket. The story behind this one is that it was brought home by a soldier who had fought in the Indian Wars during the 1870's and spent the rest of it's life hanging on the wall of a Montana ranch house. Judging by the thickness of the dust in the bore when I got it I can believe it. The rifle is in excellent shape, a very good shooter with a clean bore, it's as ready to go to war now as it was 141 years ago. Springfield Armory built to last, and this was the first of the Allin Springfields to use a separate receiver, the previous Model 1865, and 1866 just had a breech block modified into the end of the barrel. It's the last US Springfield to use leftover parts from the rifle/muskets. It was issued with the barrel in the white as were all the 1865-1870 built rifles.

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yet another blast from the past

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My my she sure is a beauty

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The rifle is a time capsule from the late 19th century, up on a wall for so many years safe from Bubba, or grubby little hands, still a good shooting rifle today.