"Custer's Last Stand" 1st Model 1873 Springfield Carbine
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I remember John Jobson from Sports Afield showing Spencwer carbines as being used at the little big horn. A lever broke them down for cleaning,& the natives hitting this lever,thought they were broken,& discarded them. It was tested by Abraham Licoln himself toward the end of the war. They claimed to have Custer's rifle,selling for $3,000 back in the 60's.???
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I'd reckon that rifles used with reno would not be as valuable as a rifle traced to keogh and then those actually used on custer hill would be the the most valuable of all.
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Well one thing to proof this is a real Custer Carbine is to fire a blank and compare the pin print in the cap with those cases recovered in Little Big Horn.
There are records of them found in the 80's after the prairie burn.
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Well one thing to proof this is a real Custer Carbine is to fire a blank and compare the pin print in the cap with those cases recovered in Little Big Horn.
There are records of them found in the 80's after the prairie burn.
montana
civilwarcollectibles 1 year ago