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Triplett & Scott
Guns International #: 100885433 Seller's Inventory #: 15-132
Category: Military Rifles - Antique - Civil War Carbines
Seller's Information
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Seller: GI Customer Site
Company:
Member Since: 5/21/13
State: Florida
Country: United States
Phone: (727) 786-7441
Number of Active Listings: 0
Total Number of Listings: 1081
Seller: Private Seller
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
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Description:
Triplett & Scott 15-132
Triplett & Scott Condition: Barrel has 95% of the bright blue; frame has 20-30% case colors, with balance silvering out, and a little discoloration. Wood is excellent with only a very few dents and dings, bore is excellent with 90% of rifling and shiny with a little corrosion, works mechanically well. Serial # 923. An exceptional/excellent condition triplett & Scott Carbine for shooter/collector.
(15-132) $2,500.00
See page 635 (Flayderman’s Guide)
Triplett & Scott Repeating Carbine. Made by the Meriden Manufacturing Company, Meriden, Connecticut, c. 1864-1865. Total quantity estimated 5,000. 50 caliber rimfire. Seven-shot magazine tube in butt. Unusual loading action: depressing latch in frame behind hammer allows barred to twist in circular motion to come in line with magazine protruding through butt. 30” round barrel (3,000 estimated). Iron mountings with single barrel bank for forend. Sling swivels on the underside as well as heel of butt. Barrel, sights, and tubular socket blued with receiver and other parts casehardened.
Markings: On tang TRIPLETT & SCOTT/PATENT DEC. 6, 1864 on left side of receiver MERIDEN MAN’FG CO. /MERIDEN, CONN, with serial number on right side. Marked Kentucky left side breech. A contract for 5,000 Triplett & Scott carbines was executed January 2, 1865, with the state of Kentucky to arm 5,000 Home Guard troops mustered into service to protect the supply lines of the Union Army under General W.T. Sherman, then engaged in the Atlanta Campaign. They were received too late for service in the Civil War. Markings believed to be inspector’s noted on most N.W.B. in small block letters on left side of stock near buttplate.
I take Visa/MasterCard, add 3%. Allow two weeks for all checks, whether bank, personal or certified to clear. It is also possible to wire funds to my account for instant credit for a $20.00 wire charge. 3 day- no questions asked return period for refund of price paid for gun. (Not including shipping or credit card charges.) All sales subject to prior sale at other sites or from shop. Call or email with any questions or for more pictures. Guns are antique and should not be fired without examination by gunsmith. $50 shipping for long guns, $30 for hand guns to lower 48 states, about $50-$75 to most European countries and $70-$80 to Australia for antique handguns, carbines $75-$125. We can generally get insurance if you want through shipper but coverage is very limited. Notify me if you want it. You can send 20% down- balance in 90 days for installment payment plan. No refunds on installment plans. I have shipped to Norway (long gun w/fragile stock) see feedback, England (Winchester1876, Rem. Dbl. Derr.), Northern Ireland, Austria, France, Netherlands ,(Holland), Australia, Denmark, and Sweden. Email if you are not U.S. for estimated shipping costs, payment methods, etc. I am always buying and trading for antique and collectible guns, Indian items, rare ammo, etc. Email what you have got for sale or trade.
SOLD
Antique: Yes
Serial Number: 923
Condition: Excellent