 The machinery was shipped on the Winchester and Potomac Railroad to Winchester, Virginia, where it was transferred by wagons over the Valley Pike to be reloaded onto the Manassas Gap Railroad at Strasburg, Virginia for delivery to Richmond.The Old State Armory building with Harpers Ferry Machinery was transferred to Confederate States control in June 1861.Production of Richmond rifles began in October 1861 and continued until the supply of wooden stocks was exhausted in January 1865.