.58 caliber. 38" barrel. NSN. Bright finish, steel furniture, full-length walnut musket stock. Single shot muzzleloading percussion military rifle with Maynard's patent automatic tape priming lock, 1858 pattern three leaf rear sight, Barleycorn combination front sight and socket bayonet lug, sling swivels and a swelled-shank tulip head ramrod. Lock with a {Spread Winged Eagle} on the tape primer magazine door and marked U.S./SPRINGFIELD forward of the primer door and dated 1858 at the tail. Breech dated 1858 as well with the usual V/P/{Eagle Head} proofs on the left angled flat. A clear, correct, script ESA cartouche is present on the counterpane. A total of 2,501 M1858 Cadet Rifle Muskets were produced at Springfield between 1858 and 1860 with 1,501 being of the "Type I" variation with a long base, long range rear sight and the last 1,000 being of the "Type II" variation with the M1858 3-leaf rear sight. A nice example of a scarce, Civil War era Cadet Rifle, many of which were issued to states prior to the war, including the southern states of Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia and Louisiana, as well as the border states of Kentucky and Missouri. {ANTIQUE}