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LOT 1226
Outstanding Civil War Era E. G. Lamson & Co. Palmer Bolt Action Saddle Ring Carbine - NSN, 50 RF cal., 20 inch round bbl., blue/casehardened finish, walnut stock. The Palmer carbine was patented
in 1863 and holds the distinction of being the first metallic cartridge bolt action firearm ever adopted by the U.S. Ordnance Department. The bolt on this design is used to seat the cartridge and seal the breech. It fires with a traditional side lock.
Approximately 1,001 of these carbines were ordered by the U.S. government, but they arrived one month too late to see action during the Civil War. This carbine has small “M.M” (Miles Moulton) inspector initials on the left of the breech, left stock flat and top
of the stock, and a script “MM” cartouche on the left stock flat.
LOT 1227
ne of the Finest known Civil War U.S. Contract Gibbs ech Loading Percussion Carbine - NSN, 52 cal., 22 inch round bbl., blue/casehardened finish, walnut stock. The Gibbs carbine is one of the scarcest and best designed carbines used by Union forces. Only 1,052 Gibbs carbines were manufactured by William F. Brooks of New York City at the Phoenix Armory and delivered to the U.S. government in 1863 due to the factory being burned down during the New York Draft Riots that same July. Around 500 of these were
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issued to the 10th Missouri Cavalry and smaller quantities were issued to the 13th and 14th New York Cavalry. This example has a blade front sight, three-leaf rear sight marked “B” on the left, additional “B” markings on other components including the stock ahead of the “U.S” marked buttplate tang, the Gibbs patent marking on top at the breech, a spread wing eagle design behind the hammer on the distinctive long lock plate, “WM F. BROOKS/MANFR NEW YORK/1863” ahead of the hammer, a saddle ring on the left, and a smooth walnut stock.