IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A RARE PIECE OF CIVIL WAR HISTORY, HERE IT IS

FOR SALE IS AN US SPRINGFIELD M1855 RIFLE .58 CALIBER WITH MAYNARD TAPELOCK  PRIMING SYSTEM AND DATED 1857.  THERE WAS ONLY 47,115 OF THESE GUNS MAKE AT THE SPRINGFIELD ARMORY AND MOST WAS DESTROYED IN THE CIVIL WAR.  THIS GUN IS COMPLETE EXCEPT REAR SIGHT IS MISSING.  aN ORIGINAL SIGHT CAN BE ORDERED FOR ABOUT 100.00.   THE MECHANICS WORK GOOD.  THIS GUN HAS THE MAYNARD TAPELOCK PRIMING SYSTEM ON IT WHERE THE DOOR SWINGS OPEN AND TAKES A ROLL OF CAPS INSTEAD OF INDIVIDUAL PERCUSSION CAPS.  YOU CAN CALL OR TEXT ME AT 785-632-7363