Colt Model 1861 Special Musket:
date: label: date made
content: 1863
label: associated date
content: 1863
name: label: maker
content: Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company produced approximately 100,000 .58 caliber rifle muskets for government contract during the Civil War. An unknown number, rejected by U.S. military inspectors, were sold on the civilian market.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Firearms
label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Civil War
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content: Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.272952
label: catalog number
content: 272952
label: accession number
content: 54205
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rifle
label: Object Name
content: rifle musket, percussion
label: Other Terms
content: Firearms; Percussion Fire; .58 In; Rifled; Muzzle Load; Sa
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall, musket: 56 1/2 in x 2 3/8 in; 143.51 cm x 6.0325 cm