Colt Model 1861 Special Rifle-musket and Bayonet

Colt Model 1861 Special Rifle-musket and Bayonet, c. 1863, walnut stock with an "NJ" cartouche on the left side, lock dated on the tail "1863" and marked "U.S./COLT'S PT F A MFG CO/HARTFORD CT," top of the barrel dated on the breech "1862" and proof marked "V/P," stamped "N.J" on the left side of the breech and "STEEL," bayonet marked "US/S," barrel lg. 40, overall lg. 56 in.