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AMERICAN MACHINE WORKS .50 CAL SMITH CARBINE
Guns International #: 101566214 Seller's Inventory #: 00015
Category: Civil War Carbines - Smith Carbines - Antique
Seller's Information
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Seller: Heritage Americana
Member Since: 12/13/20
First Name: Roger
Last Name: Cillo
State: Delaware
Zip: 19810
Country: United States
Phone: (302) 383-7710
Number of Active Listings: 0
Total Number of Listings: 18
Seller: Private Seller
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
Payment Types Accepted: PayPal, CashApp, Check, Bank Check, Money Order
Description:
American Machine Works .50 caliber Smith Patent Civil War Carbine. Features half octagonal 21.5" barrel, saddle ring, and varnished walnut stock. Inspectors stamp "L.F.R" (Lafayette F. Rogers) on left side of barrel shank. Inspectors cartouche "JH" (Joseph Hannis) in oval on left side of stock at wrist. "JH" stamped on bottom of forestock. Left side of receiver addressed: "Address Poultney & Trimble Baltimore USA," and "Manufactured by AM N. M'CHN WK'S Springfield Mass," and "Smith's Patent June 23. 1857."
Caliber / Gauge: .50 Smith
Barrel Length: 21.5"
Serial Number: 7599
• Condition: Fine to Excellent. Shows very minor use. Bright bore, strong rifling. Barrel retains approximately 95% original bluing. 85% original bluing on lock bar. Case colors 65% fading to pleasant mottling. Stock shows minor indentations and scratches consistent with age, with clear cartouche. Minor handling wear. Mechanically excellent, with crisp tight action.
This is collector-grade, investor grade.
With government contracts totaling 30,362 in 1859 and 1860, the Smith Carbine was widely used throughout the Civil War, and was issued as the standard Cavalry long-arm to the following units:
1st Connecticut Cavalry Regiment
7th Illinois Cavalry Regiment
11th Illinois Cavalry Regiment
1st Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment
10th New York Cavalry Regiment[5]
6th Ohio Cavalry Regiment
9th Ohio Cavalry Regiment
7th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
17th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
3rd West Virginia Cavalry Regiment
1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment (Union)
Note these are all early numbered regiments. Unlike the popular Spencer Carbine, this model Carbine was issued very early in the war and even prior, and saw extensive use throughout the conflict from start to finish, across all five Aprils.
*** Hundreds of the earliest of these carbines were also purchased under government contract in 1859 and issued to the Pony Express riders in April of 1860. Those specific carbines were pulled from deliveries after inspection and bear identical marks to those issued to Union Cavalry units. This example, being an extremely early Serial Number, would have been in the first delivery to the United States Government, and could easily have been among those delivered to either the Pony Express or to Union Cavalry units.
$92 Shipping includes $40 shipping plus 2% of sales-price for insurance. I do not ship without insurance.
SOLD
Antique: Yes