Fine Modern & Antique Guns - December 2014 : Sale A1214 Lot 481
BURNSIDE RIFLE CO. USA A .54 BREECH-LOADING PERCUSSION CAVALRY-CARBINE, MODEL 'BURNSIDE PATENT 3RD MODEL' , serial no. 27636,
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BURNSIDE RIFLE CO. USA
A .54 BREECH-LOADING PERCUSSION CAVALRY-CARBINE, MODEL 'BURNSIDE PATENT 3RD MODEL' , serial no. 27636,
circa 1862, with 21in. sighted barrel with faded blued finish and marked 'CAST STEEL 186?' (last number absent), plain receiver, the front marked 'BURNSIDE PATENT MARCH 25th 1856', back-action lock with faded finish marked 'BURNSIDE RIFLE CO., PROVIDENCE. RI', walnut half-stock, rear sling mount, iron saddle-bar (suspension ring absent), walnut splinter fore-end and iron barrel-band
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Estimate £900-1,200