Product Details
STARR ARMS, USA
A .52 RIMFIRE BREECH-LOADING SINGLE-SHOT CARBINE, MODEL '1858 CARBINE BRITISH ISSUE', serial no. 36619,
circa 1862, with round tapering 21in. barrel signed 'STARR ARMS CO, YONKERS N.Y.', dove-tailed blade fore-sight, folding notch and 'battle' sight, 'sold out of service' arrows at breech, square receiver with falling-block mechanism and saddle-ring mounted to left hand side, plain top tang, the back-action lockplate signed 'STARR ARMS CO, YONKERS N.Y.', straight slab-sided hammer, walnut straight-hand butt-stock with US martial cartouches at head and a broad arrow and 'W.D.' stamp to right side of butt, splinter fore-end, iron heel-plate and barrel-band and iron underlever forming the trigger-guard, overall length 38in., weight approximately 7 1/2lbs.
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Estimate £900-1,200
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament