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sheepherder · 07-24-2016, 01:25 PM

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cirelaw · 07-24-2016, 07:31 PM

Never underestimate your enemy!!

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MikeP · 07-26-2016, 12:16 AM

There are some weapons identified by serial number range that are "accepted " as Custer pieces.
Years ago I was at Springfield Armory museum and they had a beat up Indian decorated trapdoor carbine.
It had been surrenderd at some point and they had dug it out of stuff they had in the basement.
Interesting was that this was after the big fire where they found new artifacts at the battle site.
There were a number of 45/70 casings displayed they felt had come from this piece.

I was out there last summer and was most impressd by the scattering of markers where guys had died singly or in groups of two or three.

alanint · 07-26-2016, 11:28 AM

One of the few existing Battlefield firearms still in private hands was sold through James Julia some five years ago.

http://jamesdjulia.com/item/lot-2459...carbine-41839/

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07-24-2016, 07:31 PM	#3
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,138 Times in 2,176 Posts	Never underestimate your enemy!!

07-26-2016, 12:16 AM	#5
MikeP User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ILL Posts: 686 Thanks: 36 Thanked 452 Times in 198 Posts	There are some weapons identified by serial number range that are "accepted " as Custer pieces. Years ago I was at Springfield Armory museum and they had a beat up Indian decorated trapdoor carbine. It had been surrenderd at some point and they had dug it out of stuff they had in the basement. Interesting was that this was after the big fire where they found new artifacts at the battle site. There were a number of 45/70 casings displayed they felt had come from this piece. I was out there last summer and was most impressd by the scattering of markers where guys had died singly or in groups of two or three.

07-26-2016, 11:28 AM	#6
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	One of the few existing Battlefield firearms still in private hands was sold through James Julia some five years ago. http://jamesdjulia.com/item/lot-2459...carbine-41839/