Lot 65
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A RARE U.S. .58 (CONVERTED MUSKET CENTRE-FIRE) 'MODEL 1861' NEEDHAM CONVERSION BREECH-LOADING RIFLED MUSKET
A RARE U.S. .58 (CONVERTED MUSKET CENTRE-FIRE) 'MODEL 1861' NEEDHAM CONVERSION BREECH-LOADING RIFLED MUSKET

THE LOCK MARKED BRIDESBURG, DATED '1862'

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A RARE U.S. .58 (CONVERTED MUSKET CENTRE-FIRE) 'MODEL 1861' NEEDHAM CONVERSION BREECH-LOADING RIFLED MUSKET
THE LOCK MARKED BRIDESBURG, DATED '1862'
With 36 ¾ in. (93.5 cm.) barrel, swing-out breech-block, walnut three-quarter stock; together with A SCARCE U.S. .58 (RIMFIRE) MILLER PATENT CONVERSION 'MODEL 1861' SERVICE RIFLED MUSKET, BY PARKERS' SNOW & CO., MERIDEN., DATED '1864', with shortened 31 ½ in. (80 cm.) sighted barrel, tip-up breech-block signed 'MERIDEN MFG. CO.'

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The Needham conversion Bridesburg rifled muskets are associated with Fenian Brotherhood's May 1870 attempted invasion of Canada by way of Vermont. The 'invasion' undertaken by 200 Fenians ended after a brief skirmish where the group was captured and their weapons confiscated.

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