Original U.S. Civil War Springfield Model 1855 Percussion Pistol Carbine with Functional Tape Primer System - Dated 1855 & 1856 Category_MG 34 Buffer & Butt Stock This is a really tremendous

This is a really tremendous and unique piece

and left a bit of a speckled matte finish to the surface

66 men also suffered from frostbite

which is folded around the outside

Original U.S. Civil War Springfield Model 1855 Percussion Pistol Carbine with Functional Tape Primer System - Dated 1855 & 1856 Category_MG 34 Buffer & Butt Stock This is a really tremendousOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Springfield Model 1855 Pistol Carbine was the last single shot pistol to be produced for the U. S. military. More than 4,000 were made, and at the time, it was the smallest . 58 caliber pistol used in the army. It was based around the same Maynard "Tape Primer" system used on the M1855 musket, which kept a coiled tape containing primers, which were fed out when the hammer was cocked. It was lighter because this