Fine Modern & Antique Guns - September 2020 : Sale A2020 Lot 514
BURNSIDE RIFLE CO, USA A .54 PERCUSSION BREECH-LOADING CAVALRY-CARBINE, MODEL BURNSIDE PATENT THIRD MODEL , serial no. 17878,
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BURNSIDE RIFLE CO, USA
A .54 PERCUSSION BREECH-LOADING CAVALRY-CARBINE, MODEL 'BURNSIDE PATENT THIRD MODEL' , serial no. 17878,
circa 1862, with 21in. sighted barrel with slight trace of finish, plain receiver with later improvement of a central guide screw, the front marked 'BURNSIDE PATENT MARCH 25th 1856', two-piece chambered breech-block, back-action lock with traces of finish marked 'BURNSIDE RIFLE CO., PROVIDENCE. RI', walnut half-stock, rear sling mount, iron saddle-bar and ring, walnut splinter fore-end and iron barrel-band
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Estimate £700-900