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1864/65 trap door Parkers' Snow - civil war

invertedflyer

invertedflyer

500 ft. from said obstacle
I'm currently restoring a Parkers' Snow trap door carbine from the late civil war. Its a very rare piece I could sell it for a fairly high price, however I'm a historian at heart so I'm planning on restoring it and sending it to a Museum here in Virginia. I have a civil-war reinactor helping me with the details as well as the actual restoration. It was carried by my great great great grandfather PFC Charles Maves who was in the 39th Ohio Volunteers with the Union.

I've never restored a firearm before... so far I've been using a lot of brass-O. The rifling and trap door action both look good, I just need to get rid of all of that rust. Any suggestions?

The weapon has been sitting at my uncles place being used as a lampshade for the last 150 years or so... who knew. Thanks gents.
 
invertedflyer

invertedflyer

500 ft. from said obstacle
Rifle is back in ohio unfortunately... I'll be back there for thanksgiving though and will snap you one sir. rare piece, probably still shoots fine too, rifling is intact. I sighted it in on the the neighbor's Obama/Biden poster :p
 
invertedflyer

invertedflyer

500 ft. from said obstacle
Bad news ... Out-of Bounds request didn't make it in on-time ... Pics/work will have to wait for Christmas. I'll be out there for a solid week so I should be able to restore it up pretty nice. I've been talking to a buddy of mine that works at the Pentagon and has done civil war re-enactment... he's also from the midwest. We both agree that putting it in a family trust and then donating it to a museum would be best. Especially with a rare piece like this.
 
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