Original U.S. Civil War Fifth Model 1864 Burnside Cavalry Carbine in "As Found" Condition - Matching Serial 16983 OPTIONS_HIDDEN_PRODUCT with Gliders and much more

with Gliders and much more

This began life as a German WWII Bayonet for the Mauser k98K rifle

A red band around the base plug on the bottom indicated the detonator was already installed and that the grenade was live

so we believe it was originally in

Original U.S. Civil War Fifth Model 1864 Burnside Cavalry Carbine in "As Found" Condition - Matching Serial 16983 OPTIONS_HIDDEN_PRODUCT with Gliders and much moreOriginal Item: Only One Available. Over the years, IMA has purchased many collections and groups of antique guns, in which case we need to take all of them, as we did in Nepal. While these collections were generally full of guns that relatively good condition, they also had some that were less complete and unfortunately would take more restoration time than we were able to give them. We kept them in storage, possibly for future products, but have now