Spanish Model 1860 Two-Band Percussion Rifle
Guns International #: 100482985 Seller's Inventory #: 24515
Category: Antique Rifles - Percussion - Military Rifles - Antique
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Seller: Joe Salter com
Company: Down East Antiques - Joe Salter
Member Since: 9/10/10
First Name: Garrick-March-Jim-Joe
Last Name: Salter
State: New Hampshire
Zip: 03031
Country: United States
Phone: (603) 732-4000
Fax: (603) 732-4200
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About Us: Joe Salter has been in the Antique and Collector Weapons business for 60 years as both a collector and dealer. Our company is based in Southern New Hampshire and we have had an internet based store front for the past 20 years. We are federally licensed and deal in all types of firearms and related material. We offer free Shipping for orders over $500.
Description:
Serial #1668, .577 caliber, 33? barrel with an excellent, bright bore. This is an 1860 dated percussion rifle that has an ?YBARZABAL/EIBAR? maker marked lockplate and generally conforms in appearance to the British Enfield Two-Band Rifle. The metal has an overall dark plum-brown patina with traces of dull gray at the muzzle, on some of the projecting edges, and on the barrel bands and other furniture. The rifle features a distinctive clamped-on rear sight, unique to Spanish military arms of the period, that has both a folding long range ladder and stepped base with extremely high 500 meter ?ears?. The walnut stock has a very dark military oil finish with scattered light handling marks and blemishes, heaviest on the comb of the stock and on the left side opposite the lockplate. The mechanism is tight, functions flawlessly, and the original steel ramrod is included. These are interesting weapons that are seldom seen in the United States and, while never procured for the North, may have a tenuous Confederate connection. There was some correspondence to the Confederate government from a syndicate in Havana in July of 1861 offering for sale a large supply of arms and ammunition including: ?...6500 Infantry Muskets, Spanish Pattern, at $13 each...? There is no information regarding any actual shipments but there is a remote possibility that a few examples did make it to North America at the time. In any event, the exceptional condition of this specimen leaves little doubt that it was never used in combat and it would make a stellar addition to any collection of 19th century military rifles and muskets. {Ref. ?Firearms From Europe? by D. Noe, L.W. Yantz, and J.W. Whisker; 1999} Antique
SOLD
Antique: Yes
Manufacturer: Spanish
Model: 1860
Caliber Info: .577
Gauge Info: .577