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Overall, this shotgun rates in about Very Good condition. The markings are clear, except for the stock cartouche, which is obscured by dings. The screw heads are sharp but with light marks from a screw driver. The trigger guard and lower tang show multiple light scratches. The lockplate shows several dings, a few scratches and a few spots of pinprick surface erosion. There are numerous light handling marks and several sharp dings in the barrel including an area on the left side of the barrel at the front of the forend with multiple small dings. Parts of the barrel have developed a mottled plum colored patina. There is bluing left on the barrel in the protected areas, with vivid case coloring remaining on the breechblock and receiver, with thinned bluing on the trigger guard and lower tang. Overall Condition: This shotgun retains about 25% of its metal finish. There is light erosion in the bore from the muzzle back about 1 ½”.
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Type of Finish: The shotgun is blued except for the breechblock, receiver, lockplate and hammer, which are case colored.įinish Originality: The finish is original.īore Condition: The bore is bright, turning gray at the muzzle. The stock rates in about Very Good condition. The buttplate is in about Good condition.
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The center section of the buttplate has been refinished with a dull blue finish. The buttplate shows a sharp ding at the heel, light to moderate wear and surface loss at the heel and toe, and several light marks in the remainder. The LOP measures 13 ½” from the front of the trigger to the back of the buttplate.
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There is also a very deep ding and a hairline crack at the right side of the corner between the upper tang and the receiver. There is a deep ding on the left side of the heel, a compression mark on the right edge of the comb and a sharp ding on the left side of the wrist. There are numerous small dings and a few shallow bruises in the forend with several dings in the buttstock section. The ramrod groove in the forend has been filled with a slice of a walnut dowel about 3 ½” long that was shaped to match the contour of the forend. The stock is made from a Civil War musket that was cut down to about 27 5/8” total length. Stock Configuration & Condition: The stock is a one-piece walnut with a smooth straight grip and a carbine style steel buttplate. The rear sight is a shallow “U” groove in the base of the breechblock and the top front of the receiver.
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Sights / Optics: The front sight is a brass bead screwed into the barrel. The bore measures about 0.616” in diameter at the muzzle. The tang on the buttplate is marked “N / U S”.īarrel Length: The barrel is 26” in length.Ĭhoke: The barrel is choked Cylinder. The “RDR” is an unknown mark and looks as though it was stamped over something else. The underside of the stock just behind the lower tang is marked “RDR” and with a circled script “P”. There is a rectangular cartouche on the left side of the stock above the trigger and we can barely make out the scripted “SWP”, but not the date. The top rear of the receiver is marked “590”. The right sideplate is marked with the Springfield Eagle and “U.S. Markings: The top of the breechblock is marked “1881” in slanted numerals. Year of Manufacture: This rifle was made between 18, with a total production of 1376.Ĭaliber: This shotgun is chambered for 20 Gauge 2 ½” shells.Īction Type: Single Shot Trapdoor Shotgun with Ejector Trapdoor Shotgun nicknamed the “Forager”. Total score, 124.Arrow_back Returns To All Sold Items arrow_back Return To Sold "Other" Pre-1900 American Arms 4th Artillery Team of the Division of the Pacific, 1881 Two scores five consecutive shots at 200, 400 & 600 Yards. Photographed by Paul Goodwin The silver engravingįourth Prize Marksman Rifle Awarded by War Department to Private E.C. MILLS & PRAIRIE BELTS, MCKEEVER / DYER POUCHES & CARBINE BOOTS * * 1865-1893 MILITARY: BAYONETS, KNIVES, ENTRENCHING TOOLS/TROWELS, * INDIAN WAR & SPAN-AM WAR: TRAPDOOR ARMS * SPRINGFIELD RIFLES & CARBINES PRODUCED BETWEEN 1865 & 1893 * INFORMATION CENTER THIS SITE SPECIALIZES IN: Springfield Trapdoor Rifle Information Center THE U.S.