Original Rare U.S. Springfield-Sharps Model 1870 Type I Trials Rifle with Erskine S. Allin Cartouche - Serial C, 34645 Field Gear Hard to find and Ready

Hard to find and Ready to display

though it has been on the rifle for some time

The WAC was disbanded in 1978

a unit we are not familiar with

only seen on the civil defense issue masks

Original Rare U.S. Springfield-Sharps Model 1870 Type I Trials Rifle with Erskine S. Allin Cartouche - Serial C, 34645 Field Gear Hard to find and ReadyOriginal Item: One of a Kind. The U. S. Civil war had confirmed the adage of NEED is the Mother of INVENTION. Muzzle Loading Muskets and Rifles were extensively used but new developments continually resulted in a "fresh" breech loading system being adopted on a trial basis. The Union had as many as NINETEEN different systems issued during the war and afterwards, many designed to use the existing stocks of arms to convert to center fire metallic