Product Details
MASSACHUSETTS ARMS CO., USA
A .50 PERCUSSION CAPPING BREECH-LOADING CARBINE, MODEL 'SMITH'S PATENT', serial no. 9318,
circa 1863, with blued 21 1/2in. octagonal to round barrel hinged at the breech, blade fore-sight with nickel insert, small folding ladder rear-sight with sliding notch, boxlock action with external hammer and barrel-latch released by auxiliary trigger within the trigger-guard, the side of action marked variously 'MANUFACTURED BY MASS ARMS CO., CHICOPEE FALLS', 'ADDRESS POULTNEY & TRIMBLE, BALTIMORE USA' and 'SMITH'S PATENT JUNE 22 1857', straight-hand walnut butt-stock (heavily bruised), iron furniture, plain walnut fore-end (bruised, some fraying to sharp edges) with single barrel-band, the whole stained over possible original finish
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Estimate £500-700