#45221
12/07/2009 03:59 AM
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I got this with a fair SA dagger from the same family. The "STORY" is that this rifle has been in this family's hands many generations??
I got both rifles from the same folks.
1st is a 1856 TOWER and the other a 1870 Enfield.
The Tower is pretty neat since it looks like it has unit marks. I dont know much about the civil war but I read that the south bought Tower rifle before and during the war??
THis one has STAMPS all over it and stamped into the wood is:
15 NI
112
41
D
10
What the heck does that all mean??
Thanks
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#45222
12/07/2009 03:59 AM
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#45223
12/07/2009 04:00 AM
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It sure would be cool if someone told me that these stamps in the wood are Confederate...!!!!
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#45224
12/11/2009 04:44 PM
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Try googling British Militaria Forums.Very knowledgable (sp?) lot.
SMIFFY
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#45225
12/13/2009 12:33 AM
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from what I know these numbers are not BRITISH ordnance stamps so must be American
PAUL
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#45226
12/24/2009 01:29 PM
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Could 15 N.I. stand for 15th Battalion Native Infantry, as in the Indian Army?
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