C.S. Richmond Rifled Musket?

Urban Coyote · Oct 16, 2024

I picked this up a few days ago for what I thought a reasonable price. I started down the path thinking 1855 Springfield replica but it has no Maynard system. I dug a bit further and I'm thinking it's a replica of the C.S. Richmond except it has a patch box. There is no maker stamped on the gun, maybe defarbed? It appears the front sight has been professional replaced with a higher blade. The bore looks really good. I haven't shot her yet but the fellow I bought it from claims it shoot a bit to the right.

What do you think? Do I have it identified correctly?

Thanks

Dbackfed29 · Oct 16, 2024

Looks like a Razeed Richmond rifle musket. Kind of hard to determine based on one picture however.

Urban Coyote · Oct 16, 2024

Dbackfed29 said:
Looks like a Razeed Richmond rifle musket. Kind of hard to determine based on one picture however.

Yeah, I had problems trying to download pictures here. I think my files were too large. I'll fuss with my camera and see if I can reduce the file size. However, you're not dealing with Elon Musk here.

Urban Coyote · Oct 17, 2024

More pictures.

rmark · Oct 25, 2024

Here's on pictured with a patch box, but full length barrel.

https://www.civilwararsenal.com/1862-c-s-richmond-va-rifled-musket-high-hump/

springfield art · Oct 25, 2024

Urban Coyote said:
I picked this up a few days ago for what I thought a reasonable price. I started down the path thinking 1855 Springfield replica but it has no Maynard system. I dug a bit further and I'm thinking it's a replica of the C.S. Richmond except it has a patch box. There is no maker stamped on the gun, maybe defarbed? It appears the front sight has been professional replaced with a higher blade. The bore looks really good. I haven't shot her yet but the fellow I bought it from claims it shoot a bit to the right.

What do you think? Do I have it identified correctly?

Thanks

Kind of an odd duck; will be interesting to see what the peanut gallery says...

Conquerordie · Oct 25, 2024

Unless you find an original Richmond Razeed in this configuration, I think you can call it a dream gun, or whatever you want. Probably made for someone in the NSSA with the taller front site. Looks nicely done.

kh54 · Oct 25, 2024

I’m not all that knowledgable, but with the 1860 barrel date isn’t it more likely to represent something cobbled together with various parts including the Richmond lock? I agree with @Conquerordie that you can let it be whatever you want. I think it’s cool and you should shoot that thing and enjoy it!

hawkeye2 · Oct 25, 2024

I can't say for sure but it looks like the patchbox is too short for a 55 rifle. A 55 rifle would have a 33" barrel of fairly heavy wall thickness and the entire US production came from Harpers Ferry. The 1860 date would be questionable for a CSA arm as Jackson didn't capture Harpers Ferry till the fall of 62 and only after then were the parts and machinery sent south. I suppose one could argue that it was a captured NOS barrel.

ajbennettnc · Oct 26, 2024

Could be somebody's try at a copy of an early CSA Fayetteville rifle. Some of the earliest Fayetteville type I were supposedly built using up surplus 1855 stocks early in the War when the rifle building equipmentfrom Harper's Ferry was moved to NC. IIRC the rifle-musket tools and stores of parts was sent to Richmond and the "two-bander" rifle parts went to NC. I wonder if the builder of this particular gun used a mixe of Richmond, 1855, Zouave, and Mississippi repro parts to create this one?

If you happen to have got this off Hibid, I was bidding against you for a bit, lol. I was watching a rifle identical to this one from an auction in Maryland, I believe it was. Congrats on the find!

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