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CONDITION: Excellent plus, nearly as issued, retaining 98% plus original blue finish on the barrel, 98% plus vivid original case colors with some scattered light freckling on the frame, lock, hammer, lever latch and buttplate, and 99% bright original niter blue finish on the breech block, upper tang, lever and lower tang. The wood is also excellent with attractive original raised grains and rich oil finish, some light handling marks, distinct edges, and exceptionally crisp cartouches. Mechanically excellent. This outstanding Civil War Burnside carbine
remains as a true time capsule, and would be nearly impossible to improve upon! Provenance: The Bob Noske Collection; The David Aroh Collection;
The Greg Lampe Collection.
Estimate: 9,500 - 16,000
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