sanitaeter over 6 years ago [hidden] This is strange! The breech looks like a left-handed version and there is a caplock?! A "love child" of the Springfield and a muzzle loading musket?Could it be, that this picture was mirrored? If she fires THAT caplock from her right shoulder, she'll get some nasty burns in her face. Updated by sanitaeter over 6 years ago 0 Reply Copy ID Copy Link
Algester over 6 years ago [hidden] sanitaeter said:This is strange! The breech looks like a left-handed version and there is a caplock?! A "love child" of the Springfield and a muzzle loading musket?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_Model_1861not exactly a "love child" call it her Civil War grandma 0 Reply Copy ID Copy Link
sanitaeter over 6 years ago [hidden] Algester said:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_Model_1861not exactly a "love child" call it her Civil War grandmaStill the lock is on the wrong side and there is a lever for a breech-loading mechanism. Springfield M1861 X M1903 hybrid???Reminds me of film-props, where modern guns are fitted with the trimmings of muzzle-loaders to fit the period.Some searches later: There WAS a breech-loading Springfield with a caplockish feature: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_model_1873 Updated by sanitaeter over 6 years ago 0 Reply Copy ID Copy Link
Algester over 6 years ago [hidden] sanitaeter said:Still the lock is on the wrong side and there is a lever for a breech-loading mechanism. Springfield M1861 X M1903 hybrid???Reminds me of film-props, where modern guns are fitted with the trimmings of muzzle-loaders to fit the period.Some searches later: There WAS a breech-loading Springfield with a caplockish feature: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_model_1873yep the Trapdoor Springfield as colloquially knownhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jckv3dfwvSYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F49D67pJEYbecause there's was a reproduction for the trapdoor springfields 0 Reply Copy ID Copy Link
