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CIVIL WAR Antique JAMES MERRILL First Type .54 Caliber Percussion CARBINE Issued to NY, PA, NJ, IN, WI, KY & DE Cavalries!
Guns International #: 101591012 Seller's Inventory #: 201624
Category: Merrill - RPM - Civil War Carbines
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Seller: AncestryGunsLLC
Company: Ancestry Guns LLC
Member Since: 11/3/16
State: Missouri
Zip: 65203
Country: United States
Phone: (314) 707-7373
International Phone: 314-707-7373
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Description:
CIVIL WAR Antique JAMES MERRILL First Type .54 Caliber Percussion CARBINE
Issued to NY, PA, NJ, IN, WI, KY & DE Cavalries!
Here we present an antique Merrill Carbine, made circa 1862 in Baltimore, Maryland. These were made by the company of James H. Merrill in Baltimore, Maryland (a very divided city leading up to the war), with a total production of 14,500. These carbines are known to have been allocated to the following Union cavalry regiments: NY 1st, 5th and 18th; Pennsylvania 11th, 17th, and 18th; NJ 1st; Indiana 7th; Wisconsin 1st and 3rd; Kentucky 27th; and finally the Delaware 1st. They are also known to have been used by Confederates as they were available before the war or as they would capture them. Confederate ammunition for these were made at the Richmond Laboratory on Brown’s Island in Virginia. It is telling about how many of the carbines the South may have fielded to justify a significant operation making ammunition at the lab.
As an interesting side-note, the Confederate States Richmond Laboratory was the site of the worst home-front disaster in Richmond for the entire war when careless handling of percussion caps caused the several hundred thousand percussion primers, cannon friction primers and 10 lbs. of gun powder to explode, killing at least 44 and seriously injuring 25 more in the small building.
The action is strong and tight. The rear sight is a replacement. The barrel is original but has been bored out and sleeved so that the bore is extremely bright and sharply rifled. The stock is solid, despite the crack at the wrist. The wrist has faint period checkering. “188” is crudely hand carved on the right stock. Sling ring bar has been deleted. This is an interesting old Civil War carbine with a like new bore!
Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.
Barrel is 22 1/8 inches.
Caliber: .54 percussion
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$1585
#201624
SOLD
Antique: Yes