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From Bannerman Catalogue of Military Goods 1927:
"100 Remington Muzzle-loading 58-Calibre Rifles with sword bayonets; new guns, tarnished from long storage and slightly speckled with rust. Length, 44 inches; weight of rifle, about 9 pounds. Stamped with U.S. eagle, 1863, on the lock plate. The bayonet has a fine steel blade, bronze handle, with leather scabbard on which are brass mouth and tip pieces. The stocks are polished walnut with brass box on the butt for holding caps or wiping rag; brass guard butt plate and bands. This lot originally consisted of 10,000 guns purchased in the Fall of 1900 by sealed proposals where we outbid all competition by the small margin of 57-100 of a cent on each gun. All have been sold with the exception of this lot of 100, which we preferred to keep for our retail trade. Price for each gun with bayonet is $7.85 each. This is the kind of gun usually carried by Zouave regiments."
Tarnished or not, I think the price is reasonable.
"100 Remington Muzzle-loading 58-Calibre Rifles with sword bayonets; new guns, tarnished from long storage and slightly speckled with rust. Length, 44 inches; weight of rifle, about 9 pounds. Stamped with U.S. eagle, 1863, on the lock plate. The bayonet has a fine steel blade, bronze handle, with leather scabbard on which are brass mouth and tip pieces. The stocks are polished walnut with brass box on the butt for holding caps or wiping rag; brass guard butt plate and bands. This lot originally consisted of 10,000 guns purchased in the Fall of 1900 by sealed proposals where we outbid all competition by the small margin of 57-100 of a cent on each gun. All have been sold with the exception of this lot of 100, which we preferred to keep for our retail trade. Price for each gun with bayonet is $7.85 each. This is the kind of gun usually carried by Zouave regiments."
Tarnished or not, I think the price is reasonable.
