April 5, 2024
Dug sidelock from a broken Enfield Civil war era rifle musket artifact
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Dug sidelock from a broken Civil war era rifle musket artifact This is a recovered sidelock from a broken Civil war era rifle. The sideplate looks like an Enfield rifle. The Enfield was the most popular rifle of the confederacy. The Hammer is different though. It is clearly missing some parts (including the mainspring), but it is legitimately from a civil war era rifle of some kind. This makes for a rather unique artifact for collectors. I’d guess that is from a broken Enfield rifle… In war you improvise or die. This rifle was clearly “kept in the fight” by some innovative repairs before it was given up for dead. Dug battlefield recovery It is all real. It is all old. People pay thousands to stuff an animal head and hang it in their man cave. Consider what you have here. Approximately 150 years ago, some human being used this rifle in a fight for his life, his rifle died. What do you suppose happened to him? Or them? Where has this rifle been and what has it seen, or been a part of? It was there, when Britain was building it’s empire… somewhere. This is even before there where serial numbers so there is no way to track it’s movements. When I bought this, it was identified as a battle field pickup… Did the original user crack someone’s head, or did he get his head cracked? We’ll never know. This is part of the mystique of battle
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