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Hardwood stock with metal barrel. Stamped in various places near trigger, "Springfield 1862", "U.S.", "CB", "AB", "EB/2".
rifles (long guns)
wrought iron (iron alloy)
walnut (wood)
steel (alloy)
RIFLE
See description.
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
U.S. Armory (Maker)
4.375 (W) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.355
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