Product Details
* POULTNEY & TRIMBLE, USA
A .50 PERCUSSION CAPPING BREECH-LOADING CARBINE, MODEL 'SMITH'S PATENT', serial no. 4204,
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 'ADDRESS POULTNEY & TRIMBLE, BALTIMORE, USA' and 'SMITHS PATENT JUNE 23RD 1857' the breech marked vertically 'MANUFACTURED BY AM'N. M'CH'N. WKS. SPRINGFIELD. MASS.', 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, good amount of finish but some fresh corrosion spots
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Estimate £700-900