Colt Model 18611863 Special Percussion Rifle Musket
Colt Model 1861/1863 Special Percussion Rifle Musket
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Musket
- musket
- rifle musket, percussion
- Other Terms
- Musket; Firearms; Percussion Fire;.58 In; Rifled; Muzzle Load; Sa
- date made
- ca 1863
- associated date
- 1863
- maker
- Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company
- place made
- United States
- Measurements
- overall: 56 in x 2 5/8 in; 142.24 cm x 6.6675 cm
- ID Number
- AF.290514
- catalog number
- 290514
- maker number
- 1170 D1863
- accession number
- 59652
- Credit Line
- Caroline E. Bates
- subject
- Firearms
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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