GUN FALL 2017
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.
RARE TEXAS ASSOCIATED "E.P. BOND" JS/ANCHOR ENFIELD SADDLE RING CARBINE. ENFIELD CARBINE NSN 577 Cal. 577. E.P. Bond made cavalry carbines are quite rare. Pritchard & Huey note 5 examples in their text. They also cite these guns most likely arrived from Havana into Texas after November 1864. In a recent article by Martin Callahan published in North-South Traders Civil War this fact is also noted and it seems that E.P. Bond (JS/Anchor) marked carbines have all been found in Texas. Mr. Donaldson, according to his notes, obtained this gun near the Louisiana/Texas line. Gun has clear "JS/ANCHOR" marking on top of comb and appears "as found" with dark patina and a contemporarily added fixed rear sight. PROVENANCE: The Confederate and Civil War estate collection of Fred Donaldson. CONDITION: Good to very good. Iron has dark patina with clear markings. Brass has light mustard patina. Stock has several glued crack repairs from lock forward and as noted and seen in photos, a well discerned "JS/ANCHOR mark on comb forward of buttplate. Mechanically sound with battered cone and clear rifled bore with pitting. 52438-35 JS (3,000-5,000)