Excellent Ball Civil War Carbine. The Ball carbine was one of the rarer breech loading Civil War carbines with just 1,002 manufactured., These guns were made by E.G. Lamson and Company. This firm was originally Robbins and Lawrence before being purchased and renamed. This gun is in very fine original condition with 95% of the original blue on the barrel. Excellent case colors remain on the frame and have darkened some. Wood is excellent as well a nice sharp cartouche on the left-hand side of the stock. Very fine Ball carbine!