POTD: Needham Conversion Bridesburg Musket
Welcome to today’s photo of the day! Here we have a Needham conversion of a Bridesburg rifle-musket with an 1863-dated lock, one of approximately 5,020 Civil War muzzleloaders converted to a breechloading centerfire using the Needham side-opening system. After the war the army was sitting on a huge stockpile of percussion muskets. It was wasteful