Original U.S. Civil War Era Springfield M-1855 Percussion Pistol Carbine with Shoulder Stock Cutout - dated 1856 Category_Receiver Top Cover giving rise to the nickname

giving rise to the nickname "AH's buzzsaw" (and the German soldiers' AHsäge ("AH's saw" or "bonesaw")

The scabbard shell is straight on the obverse facing

This pistol was built along the lines of the famous Philadelphia Derringer that John Wilkes-Booth used to assassinate President Lincoln

it has a white painted arrow on the glass (plexiglass)

Original U.S. Civil War Era Springfield M-1855 Percussion Pistol Carbine with Shoulder Stock Cutout - dated 1856 Category_Receiver Top Cover giving rise to the nicknameOriginal Item: Only One Available. This U. S. Martial pistol is one of the most impressive of all! The Springfield Model 1855 Pistol Carbine was the last single shot pistol to be produced for the U. S. military. More than 4,000 were made, and at the time, it was the smallest . 58 caliber pistol used in the army. It was based around the same Maynard "Tape Primer" system used on the M1855 musket, which kept a coiled tape containing primers, which were