Original U.S. Civil War Springfield Model 1863 Transitional Type Rifled Musket by Springfield Armory - dated 1864 Bayonets just a few scratches and

just a few scratches and scrapes from long service

The bore shows clear five groove rifling

and even the retaining screws are large

The koiguchi (throat fitting) on many of these can fall right off

for captured Allied airmen

Original U.S. Civil War Springfield Model 1863 Transitional Type Rifled Musket by Springfield Armory - dated 1864 Bayonets just a few scratches andOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Springfield Model 1863 rifled musket is a . 58 caliber rifled musket produced by the Springfield Armory between 1863 and 1865. The Model 1863 was a minor improvement over the Springfield Model 1861. As such, it is sometimes classified as just a variant of the Model 1861. The Model 1861, with all of its variants, was the most commonly used longarm in the American Civil War, with over 700,000 manufactured. The