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LOT 3084
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 holds the distinction of being the first metallic cartridge bolt action firearm ever adopted by the U.S. Ordnance Department. The bolt does not contain a firing
pin and is simply used to seat the cartridge and
seal the breech. It fires with a traditional side lock. Approximately 1,001 of these carbines were ordered
on contract by the U.S. government late in the Civil War but were delivered too late to see action. It has small “M.M” (Miles Moulton) inspection initials on the left of the breech, left stock flat, and ahead of the buttplate tang, and a circled script “MM” inspection cartouche stamped on the left stock flat.
LOT 3085
Excellent Civil War U.S. Burnside Breech Loading Percussion Saddle Ring Carbine - Serial no. 6837, 54 cal., 21 inch round bbl., blue/casehardened finish, walnut stock. These “Fifth Model” Burnside carbines represent the completion of the evolution of General Ambrose Burnside’s
ingenious carbine design. Unfortunately for Burnside, he profited little, if at all, from his well-
known design because he sold his shares before the company received sizable government contracts. The outbreak of the Civil War led to the
purchase of over 50,000 Burnside carbines. They were the third most purchased breech loading carbine during the war, after only the Sharps and the Spencer. Matching serial numbers on the frame and breech block. Two crisp boxed script “GC” inspection cartouches stamped on the left wrist of the stock and small “J.W.R” inspection initials on bottom of the forearm and “G.C” ahead of the buttplate tang.