U.S. Model 1863 E. Robinson Contract Rifle-Musket – Civil War Union Contract Barrel: Approx

Barrel: Approx

Non Firing Prop Gun

The reverse contains original German Fraktur text identifying the series

Natural patina and wear from age

incorporating a shorter

U.S. Model 1863 E. Robinson Contract Rifle-Musket – Civil War Union Contract Barrel: ApproxOffered here is an original Civil War era U. S. Model 1863 rifle musket manufactured under contract by E. Robinson of New York, one of the private contractors who supplied arms to the Union during the American Civil War. The lock plate is clearly marked: E. ROBINSON NEW YORK along with the American eagle motif and 1863 date, identifying the rifle as a Union contract musket produced during the height of Civil War arms production. As the war expanded