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Civil War Era Brazilian Minie Rifle (Modified)
Guns International #: 101204172 Seller's Inventory #: 34079
Category: Civil War Carbines - Antique Rifles - Cartridge
Seller's Information
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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
Platinum Seller
Number of Active Listings: 1179
Total Number of Listings: 20140
Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
We have a 30 day Inspection Period and NOT a 3 day Inspection.
Payment Types Accepted: We take all major credit cards with NO CREDIT CARD FEES! Also Check or Money order.
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.
Description:
NSN, approx. .61 Caliber, 32" barrel with a fair, lightly pitted bore. This is one of the Belgian-made rifles originally intended for Brazil that made their way to the US during the Civil War. The rifle was made in Liege, Belgium by the O.P. Drissen firm, and their “D (Anchor) C" maker's mark is present on the lockplate and stock furniture. The barrel (which has been bored out from the original rifled .58 to .61 smoothbore), barrel bands, and lock have an overall mottled plum-brown patina, while the brass trigger guard and buttplate have a mellow, ochre-yellow patina. The rear sight and bayonet bar were removed when the rifle was converted into a smoothbore fowler at some point in the past. The walnut stock has numerous handling marks and blemishes with chips missing from the edges of the ramrod channel, a series of with-the-grain cracks at the rear lock screw bolster, some further drying cracks at the butt, and a modern repair at the heel. Some indistinct letters or markings have been carved into the left side of the stock, and the outline for the American Eagle shield added when the guns were shipped to the USA is still visible on the top of the wrist. This is an interesting, and hard to find foreign percussion rifle, originally intended for Brazil, but diverted to America during the Civil War. Antique
SOLD
Antique: Yes
Manufacturer: Brazil
Model: Minie
Caliber Info: .61 Cal
Gauge Info: .61 Cal