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Model
Caliber Barrel length Total length No. of grooves Thr. Lock
Weight
IN
CM
IN
CM
and twist rate
KG
LBS
Zouave 1863 Rifle
.58
33”
84
49”
124
3
1x65 in
M8x1 Percussion
3,6
8
Zouave 1863 Musket
.58
33”
84
49”
124
Smoothbore
M8x1 Percussion
3,6
8
Zouave 1863 Match
.58
33”
84
49”
124
7
1x68 in
M8x1 Percussion
3,6
8
Zouave 1863 Carbine
.58
25”
63,5
40”
102
3
1x65 in
M8x1 Percussion
3
6,6
Zouave 1863 Carbine
.58
25”
63,5
40”
102
Smoothbore
M8x1 Percussion
3
6,6
Richmond 1862 Rifle
.58
40”
102
56”
142
3
1x66 in
M8x1 Percussion
4,6
10,1
Richmond 1862 Rifle
.58
25”
63,5
41”
104
3
1x66 in
M8x1 Percussion
3,9
8,7
107
MUZZLE LOADERS
The C.S. Richmond musket was manufactured from 1861 to 1865 by the Richmond Armoury in Richmond, Virginia.
This musket was produced in larger numbers than all other Confederate longarms manufactured during the Civil War.
The Richmond model has an intriguing story: at the beginning of the Civil War, the Confederates suffered from a lack
of resources to produce small arms weapons. In 1861, after the secession of Virginia, the Union Army tried to burn the
arsenal and the machinery that were in the town of Harper’s Ferry, which they feared would shortly fall into the hands of
the Confederates. However, inhabitants managed to protect the machinery, which was later dismantled and sent to various
locations and arsenals in the South, in particular to Richmond, the capital of the Confederate States.
Being produced with equipment built for the production of model 1855, the first samples of firearms produced by the
Richmond Armoury were very similar to the Springfield model, but they did not use the Maynard primer which was giving
quite some problems. The main differences between the Springfield and the Richmond models were a different rear sight,
the butt stock and the brass forend tip.
Richmond
1862 C.S. RICHMOND MUSKET
The Richmond features a one-piece forged barrel; military style sights; steel trigger guard, barrel bands and brass
butt plate and nose cap. The lock is marked 1862 to the left of the hammer and C.S. Richmond, VA to the right of the
hammer. The barrel has the VP and the eagle head stamping to the left of the breech; one piece walnut oil finished stock.
Chiappa Firearms’s Richmond Carbine faithfully reproduces all the details of the original weapon: the sling swivels fixed
to the front band, trigger guard and stock; butt plate and forend tip made of brass; ramrod with tulip tip. All components
are produced in the plant of Azzano Mella, with high-precision machinery which guarantees perfect interchangeability
with original firearms. The stock is one piece walnut, manually oiled according to tradition. The barrel is button rifled,
with a .58 caliber and three right handed grooves with a rate of 1x65”, yielding excellent shooting performance.
1862 RICHMOND CARBINE
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