Original U.S. Civil War Springfield M1863 Percussion Rifle Converted to Sporter with Trapdoor Carbine Stock - dated 1864 Antique Percussion Firearms The grenade measures 7

The grenade measures 7

which would be about 16 gauge as a fowling gun

though we do not know the exact meaning of this marking

391st Bomb Squadron

(Pleasure or Sporting Mauser rifles that were popular with many Boer officers and also purchased by the more affluent Boers)

Original U.S. Civil War Springfield M1863 Percussion Rifle Converted to Sporter with Trapdoor Carbine Stock - dated 1864 Antique Percussion Firearms The grenade measures 7Original Item: Only One Available. The Springfield Model 1863 rifled musket is a . 58 caliber rifled musket produced by the Springfield Armory between 1863 and 1865. The Model 1863 was a minor improvement over the Springfield Model 1861. As such, it is sometimes classified as just a variant of the Model 1861. The Model 1861, with all of its variants, was the most commonly used longarm in the American Civil War, with over 700,000 manufactured. The