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Spectacular Civil War Starr Arms Co. Breech Loading Percussion Saddle Ring Carbine -
Serial no. 19710, 54 cal., 21 inch round bbl., blue/casehardened finish, walnut stock. Starr Arms Co. manufactured approximately 20,601 of these carbines during the Civil War. Features standard blade front and two-leaf rear sights, inspection initials “H.G.S” on the left of the breech, two boxed script “STB” (Samuel T. Bugbee) inspection cartouches on the left wrist of the stock, and “L.A.B.” (Lester
A. Beardslee) inspection initials ahead of the buttplate tang. Serial number “19710” on the right
of the breech block, and likely matching numbered underneath the barrel, but no disassembly
was performed out of respect for the immaculate condition of this carbine. This spectacular Starr percussion carbine is one of finest few surviving examples of its kind today, with some of the only known close comparables recently sold by Rock Island Auction (auction 85, lot 1056 and auction 86, lot 1114). When it rains it pours, and although Rock Island Auction Company recently sold another
spectacular example of a Starr carbine, we are very fortunate to have the rare privilege to offer this example as well. We want to emphasize
that Starr carbines almost never turn up in this condition, and this is one of the top few examples left in existence!