Fine Modern & Antique Guns - June 2014 : Sale A0614 Lot 504
MASSACHUSETTS ARMS CO., USA A .50 CAPPING BREECH-LOADING PERCUSSION CARBINE, MODEL 'SMITHS PATENT', serial no. 21403,
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MASSACHUSETTS ARMS CO., USA
A .50 CAPPING BREECH-LOADING PERCUSSION CARBINE, MODEL 'SMITHS PATENT', serial no. 21403,
circa 1865, with drop-down two-stage blued 21 1/2in. barrel, dove-tailed blade fore-sight, folding leaf rear-sight, plain receiver (traces of colour) marked 'MANUFACTURED BY MASS ARMS CO CHICOPEE FALLS' and 'ADDRESS POULTNEY & TRIMBLE, BALTIMORE, USA' over 'SMITHS PATENT JUNE 23RD 1857', saddle ring and bar to the left hand side, walnut straight hand butt-stock, iron heel-plate and walnut splinter fore-end with iron barrel-band
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Estimate £1,000-1,500