Product Details
LINDSAY, USA
A RARE, POSSIBLY UNIQUE .58 PERCUSSION RIFLED MUSKET OF TRIALS TYPE FOR SUPER-IMPOSED LOADS, no visible serial number,
circa 1860, with in the white 40 3/4in. barrel, block and blade fore-sight, rear-sight of two folding leaves and one standing notch, internal action with twin central hammers operating in sequence from a single trigger, the area forwards of the hammers marked 'LINDSAY, PATENTED OCT. 9 1860', walnut three-quarter stock, the left hand cheek stamped with two martial cartouches, brushed bright iron furniture and ramrod, the whole appearing little used
Other Notes: Made by Union Knife Co., Naugatuck, Connecticut for the inventor, John P. Lindsay, Lindsay arms are one of the oddities of American firearm collecting. Using a unique double chamber taking super-imposed loads, the single-trigger unit would only allow the hammers to drop in the correct sequence. Only pistols had any commercial success, and that was very limited, a military musket was also rumoured but never adopted. The military cartouche stamps on this arm would suggest otherwise, possibly proving it as a trials piece.
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Estimate £3,000-5,000