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    1864 Springfield restoration advice

    Thanks Duane. I'm only a short drive from Allentown. I just looked up the Fairgrounds gun show schedule, and it looks like they have one coming up in February. I'll definitely attend and try to find Ed while I'm there. Thanks for the info!
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    1864 Springfield restoration advice

    Thanks so much for the help Hawkeye. I've got a full understanding of the gun and what needs to be done now (I hope!). I get what you're saying about putting a '63 hammer on the gun, and I agree with you--it still wouldn't be correct. Correct is what I'm going for, so I'm going to put the LG &...
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    1864 Springfield restoration advice

    Thanks Hawkeye! Now were getting somewhere! Yes, the lock plate is as you described it, withe year and manufacturer stamps in the correct places and orientations. And, after taking a closer look, there is an extremely weak eagle stamp on the bolster that is just barely visible (I had never...
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    1864 Springfield restoration advice

    Thanks for the reply Duane. The plate is stamped as an LG & Y plate. "1864" is stamped to the left of the hammer, and "U.S./L.G. & Y./Windsor-Vt" is stamped under the bolster. There is no "eagle" stamp on the plate or the bolster, which was dropped by LG-& Y in their final years of production...
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    1864 Springfield restoration advice

    Thanks for the replies guys. Zonie, that is what makes me confused. The lock of this gun is stamped 1864, and based on all of the research I have done on special model contract muskets made by the LG & Y company, I have to believe that this gun is in fact an 1864 produced piece. All signs...
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    1864 Springfield restoration advice

    Thanks for the reply Medic. I know these questions seem a little dumb, but I don't know enough about the mechanical differences between the 1861 and special 1861 to understand if this is the correct solution. Plus, when dealing with Bannerman's, there's no telling what could be going on here...
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    1864 Springfield restoration advice

    Hello all! I recently bought a very nice 1864 Contract Springfield (LG & Y) with post-war conversions at a very reasonable price. Based on the conversions that have been made, I believe this is a Bannerman gun. As I've come to learn, these guns can be somewhat of a "mash-up" of parts from many...
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