GUN SPRING 2018
The live portion of this session begins on Wednesday, March 21, 2018.
VERY FINE CIVIL WAR SMITH CARBINE. SMITH CARBINE 15004 50 Cal. 50. About 30,000 of these well made carbines were made for the Civil War, this is a very nice example retaining much of its orig finish that conforms to the standard configuration of this arm with 21-5/8″ part oct bbl. This gun is properly iron mounted, case colored & blued. On the left side of breech is marked "ADDRESS/POULTNEY&TRIMBLE/BALTIMORE, U.S.A." and "SMITH'S PATENT/JUNE 23 1857″ and "MANUFACTURED BY/AM'N M'CH'N WKS/SPRINGFIELD MASS". This gun is accompanied by about 20 heavy duty brass cartridges for shooting black powder in these antique carbines. CONDITION: Very fine overall. Bbl retains about 95% bright orig blue. Case colored frame and hammer exhibit about 30% muted case colors with remainder mottled silver/brown. Trigger guard, breech band and buttstock ferrule retain over 50% bright orig blue. Stocks are fine and well fit overall with several large dings and dents and two bright inspector cartouches. Mechanics are crisp with bright shiny bore. 52801-6 JS (3,000-4,000) W/BRASS