Original U.S. Civil War Savage Contract Model 1861 .58 cal Rifled Musket - Dated 1864 Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets Original Item: IMA has purchased

Original Item: IMA has purchased a very interesting Collection of regimentally marked WW1 Rifle Action Covers

brow guards

and brass mounted leather scabbard 40" overall length

The 7th Machine Gun Battalion of the 3rd Division rushed to Château-Thierry amid retreating French troops and held the Germans back at the Marne River

Most do not have this marking

Original U.S. Civil War Savage Contract Model 1861 .58 cal Rifled Musket - Dated 1864 Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets Original Item: IMA has purchasedOriginal Item: Only One Available. Original, 1864 dated, . 58 caliber Model 1863 Savage Arms contract percussion rifle musket in excellent condition overall. Specimen is a product of the Savage Revolving Fire Arms Company of Middletown, Connecticut circa 1862 64. Savage was a major contractor in the Civil War who supplied the government with some 25,500 such muskets for the army. This rifled, single shot muzzleloader retains a pleasing appearance and