Fine Modern & Antique Arms - December 2024 : Sale A1224 Lot 503
A .50 PERCUSSION SMITHS PATENT CAPPING BREECH-LOADING CARBINE SIGNED POULTNEY & TRIMBLE, serial no. 2821,

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A .50 PERCUSSION SMITH'S PATENT CAPPING BREECH-LOADING CARBINE SIGNED POULTNEY & TRIMBLE, serial no. 2821,
circa 1864, with drop-down two-stage 21 1/2in. barrel (traces of blued finish), dove-tailed fore-sight (central blade absent), folding leaf rear-sight, plain receiver marked 'ADDRESS POULTNEY & TRIMBLE, BALTIMORE, USA' and 'SMITHS PATENT JUNE 23RD 1857' (traces of colour), the breech marked vertically 'MANUFACTURED BY AM'N. M'CH'N. WKS. SPRINGFIELD. MASS.', saddle bar to the left hand side, walnut straight hand butt-stock (martial cartouche at head), iron heel-plate and walnut splinter fore-end with iron barrel-band



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Estimate £400-600