Greetings, This is my first gun post here on jouster. I recently purchased what I believe to be a rough but original TD carbine. The serial number is 187970.
Sadly it has lived a hard life. The hammer has been trimmed, the M90 barrel band has been ground down and the bore has been crudely reamed out. It also has a homemade front sight blade (looks like they used a penny) and the Buffington rear sight slide lock has been replaced by a filed down screw. Amazingly the threads in the sight are not damaged. The stock is also cracked and has been glued long ago.
From my research on the internet the serial number dates it to 1882 (which matches the cartouche on the stock) and the star indicates it was one of the carbines assembled with a new receiver, barrel and stock mated to the reclaimed parts of older weapons below #50,000 for the militia/national guard. The rear sight is C marked and the butt plate has the door for the cleaning rods. It is missing the saddle ring but has the bar.
I just wanted to see if I was correct about it being an original carbine and if it possibly shows up in SRS. I'm planning on getting it back to shooting shape. Look forward to your replies and thanks for having me here.