U.S. Model 1863 E. Robinson Contract Rifle-Musket – Civil War Union Contract The rifle features the traditional

The rifle features the traditional lever-action repeating system

and a smooth bolt-action design that has made the Model 70 a staple among hunters for decades

incorporating a shorter

The reverse contains original German Fraktur text identifying the series

U.S. Model 1863 E. Robinson Contract Rifle-Musket – Civil War Union Contract The rifle features the traditionalOffered here is an original Civil War era U. S. Model 1863 rifle musket manufactured under contract by E. Robinson of New York, one of the private contractors who supplied arms to the Union during the American Civil War. The lock plate is clearly marked: E. ROBINSON NEW YORK along with the American eagle motif and 1863 date, identifying the rifle as a Union contract musket produced during the height of Civil War arms production. As the war expanded