Another
New & Exciting Offer From your
Friends at Loyalist Arms for 2008!
One
of the most imported arms, second
only to the Enfield, during the American
Civil War, 1861-65.
For
many years we have been receiving
inquiries for the famous Lorenz. Well,
now we have it!!
Many believe this arm is one of the
most under-represented guns of the
entire conflict. The Confederate government
purchased over 100,000 of these guns
while the union secured over 300,000
Austrian arms, most of them Lorenzs'.
Although they received a rather cool
reception from troops on both sides,
they helped fill a serious need for
arms during the early days of the
war. Many were used throughout the
conflict right on to Appomattox, attesting
to their durability and accuracy.
This pic is a prototype
model we received. One
of the interesting characteristics
of this gun is the spacing of the
barrel bands. It almost appears that
they were spaced haphazardly. Another
feature is the front sight. It looks
like it is twisted on the barrel but
this shape accommodates the angled
groove in the bayonet socket. Many,
but not all originals had cheek pieces
carved on the left side of the stocks.
Our model has this detail.
Closeup
of the lock. The Lorenz never had
a full date stamped on the lock plate.
They only had 3 digits; for example,
"858" meaning
1858. We can supply other dates from
1854-61 at customers request . Standard
date is "858". We now have
the small, Austrian double headed
eagle lock stamp for marking behind
the hammer as on originals .
Closeup
of front barrel band, etc. All iron
hardware like the butt plate, trigger
guard, bands, etc., are characteristic
of the Lorenz Rear sight is a simple
block design. Barrel is octagon to
round & ram rod has brass band
and is drilled like the originals.
Front barrel bands are properly spaced
and correct,(approx. 2 1/2" apart),
& offset front sight make this
repro. very accurate.
Bayonet will be available
soon !!
These guns should
be particularly desireable to Confederate
reenactors as many of the trans-Mississippi
army was originally armed with this
rifle.
According
to the book, "Firearms From Europe"
by Whisker, Hartzler, & Yantz,
(page 78), these guns were imported
in .54, .55, 577, .58, .59, &
.60 cal. Our copy is made in .62 cal
smoothbore to reduce production costs
and save on retooling at the factory.
They are made to live fire with ball,
and all proofing and loading data
is sent with the musket.
 Barrel
length: approx. 37 3/8
Overall
length: approx. 52 7/8
Weight:
approx. 8 +lbs.
Cal.
.62 smoothbore |
Proofing
and loading data is supplied with
these muskets.
These guns carry a 6 month warranty
on all moving parts, and a 1 year
warranty on springs.
Contact us for current inventory.
Price:
$745.00 CDN / $599.00 USD
Bayonet with US style scabbard: $94.00 US
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