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Ray, the Colt is not he same. That one was made in 1875 and was one of the ordered by and sent to the state of I think it was Alabama for their malitia. The man who ordered them From Colt (they were all Nickle Plated) and then who had to sell them again to bring in needed money for the state was ex Confederate General Picket.
That one belongs to some people we know.
mine was shipped from the Colt Factory on October 30th, 1883 to Simmons Hardware in St. Louis, Missouri. I bought it from a seller in Connecticut where The old Colt factory used to be.
The Two U.S. Trapdoor Springfield's are two of the very first Model 1868 rifles made. Serial number 6 and serial number 127.
Both rifles are part of the approximately 150 such prototype 1868's (they were considered experimental) that were stamped with the year of 1868 on their breech blocks, which is the date of their assembly. All other 1868's are stamped with the dates of 1869 and 1870.
There are only 19 such 1868's currently known that were manufactured and stamped 1868. I own two of them. My serial number 6 rifle is only one of three such single digit rifles known.
I'm currently the only private collector possessing one. The other two are in the Springfield Armory Museum.
Im told by Dick Hosmer that I'm currently the only private owner with two 1868's with 1868 dated breechblocks. I could get along with having just one. Heck, I could probably get along without either one of them. I'll buy some 50-70 rounds to shoot in each one to get it out of my system. Then I'll take another look at keeping one or both or selling one or both to another collector. Maybe even trading one or both. Who knows...?
The following list of known 1868 stamped rifles was composed by Dick Hosmer. This list hasn't been updated yet to include my two additional rifles that I recently discovered and aquired
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That one belongs to some people we know.
mine was shipped from the Colt Factory on October 30th, 1883 to Simmons Hardware in St. Louis, Missouri. I bought it from a seller in Connecticut where The old Colt factory used to be.
The Two U.S. Trapdoor Springfield's are two of the very first Model 1868 rifles made. Serial number 6 and serial number 127.
Both rifles are part of the approximately 150 such prototype 1868's (they were considered experimental) that were stamped with the year of 1868 on their breech blocks, which is the date of their assembly. All other 1868's are stamped with the dates of 1869 and 1870.
There are only 19 such 1868's currently known that were manufactured and stamped 1868. I own two of them. My serial number 6 rifle is only one of three such single digit rifles known.
I'm currently the only private collector possessing one. The other two are in the Springfield Armory Museum.
Im told by Dick Hosmer that I'm currently the only private owner with two 1868's with 1868 dated breechblocks. I could get along with having just one. Heck, I could probably get along without either one of them. I'll buy some 50-70 rounds to shoot in each one to get it out of my system. Then I'll take another look at keeping one or both or selling one or both to another collector. Maybe even trading one or both. Who knows...?
The following list of known 1868 stamped rifles was composed by Dick Hosmer. This list hasn't been updated yet to include my two additional rifles that I recently discovered and aquired
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