Product Details
A .56-50 RIMFIRE TRIPLETT & SCOTT REPEATING CARBINE, CIRCA 1865, serial number 2419, with 22in. barrel rifled with three grooves and fitted with a block and blade front-sight and battle leaf rear-sight, leaf missing, left side of action body stamped with manufacturer's name "MERIDEN MAN'FG / MERIDEN CONN" and "KENTUCKY" the action tang stamped "TRIPLETT & SCOTT / PATENT DEC. 6, 1864", two piece walnut stock, half fore-end secured by a single spring retained barrel band, iron mounted butt containing the seven round tubular magazine and fitted with sling swivel to the bottom of the butt, top swivel missing, as usual with the Triplett & Scott, a repair at wrist where magazine joins action, and is difficult to see, barrel and action to a blue grey patina, 2000 of these carbines were purchased by the State of Kentucky in 1865
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Estimate £400-600
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament