Original U.S. Civil War Museum Grade Colt Hartford "Special Model 1861" Springfield Rifled Musket with Inspector Cartouches - dated 1863 Garand & U.S. Rifles new manufacture 10" bayonets were

new manufacture 10" bayonets were also produced

The wooden stocks and sights were manufactured at their Clarinda plant and all of the assembly and finishing was also done there

so these were issued to protect the population

but also some small areas of fouling and light pitting

2nd battalion took up in the mopping-up operations and Tinian was declared secured on August 1

Original U.S. Civil War Museum Grade Colt Hartford "Special Model 1861" Springfield Rifled Musket with Inspector Cartouches - dated 1863 Garand & U.S. Rifles new manufacture 10" bayonets wereOriginal Item: Only One Available. "Museum Grade" is not a term that we use often at all, so we do not use it lightly. However there is no better description for the condition of this rifle. It is the best example we have ever seen of a Colt Hartford "Special Model 1861" Springfield rifle, and looks to possibly be completely unissued. It's like we reached back in time and snatched it straight from the arsenal. We received this out of an old collection