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LOT 3245
Outstanding, One of the Finest Known, Civil War Era U.S. Martially Inspected Remington Type I Split Breech Rolling Block Saddle Ring Carbine - Serial no. 526, 46 RF cal., 20 inch round bbl., blue/casehardened finish, walnut stock. These Type I split breech carbines were manufactured by Savage Revolving Arms Co. for Remington to fulfill a U.S. Government contract for 5,000, with completed deliveries from February-April of 1865. Approximately 3,600 were repurchased from the government by Remington in 1870 and then resold to the French for use in the Franco- Prussian War, lending to their scarcity on the collectors market today. Features include a “pinched” blade front sight, notch rear sight with folding leaf graduated to 500 yards, the casehardened frame has a saddle ring and bar mounted on the left side with the upper tang stamped “REMINGTON’S. ILION, N.Y./PAT. DEC.23,1863.MAY.3&NOV.16,1864”, blue finished barrel, single barrel band, split breechblock and hammer, single letter inspection initials marked on various components, and oval script “PB” and “CGC” (Charles G. Curtis) inspection cartouches stamped on the left of the stock wrist. Matching serial number “526” marked on the front flat surface of the frame and underside of the barrel.
LOT 3246
Exceptional Civil War U.S. Sharps New Model 1863 Breech Loading Percussion Saddle Ring Carbine - Serial no. C,25449, 52 cal., 22 inch round bbl., blue/casehardened finish, walnut stock. This incredible Civil War Sharps New Model 1863 percussion carbine features blade front and Lawrence
patent rear sights, “NEW MODEL 1863” marked on top of the barrel behind rear sight, Sharps 1848 patent date marked on the left of the receiver, the R.S. Lawrence 1859 patent date and Sharps 1852 patent date on the lock, single letter inspection marks stamped on various components, “A.W.M.” inspection initials stamped on the bottom flat of the forend and on top of the stock comb ahead of the buttplate tang, and “TWR” and “PB” cartouches stamped on the left side of the wrist by the saddle ring bar.