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Scarce CIVIL WAR Antique JOSLYN ARMS Model 1862 .52 Cal. RF Cavalry Carbine 1 of only 3500 Carbines Manufactured
Guns International #: 102603967 Seller's Inventory #: 226926
Category: Civil War Carbines - Joslyn 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
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Description:
Scarce CIVIL WAR Antique JOSLYN ARMS Model 1862 .52 Cal. RF Cavalry Carbine
1 of only 3500 Carbines Manufactured
Here we present an antique Joslyn Model 1862 Civil War Cavalry Carbine, made circa 1863 in Stonington, Connecticut, with a production run between 1862 and 1864. The Joslyn Carbine Model 1862, also referred to as the First Model, was a cavalry weapon that used a pivoting breechblock system invented and patented by Massachusetts gun designer Benjamin Franklin Joslyn in 1855, who was the holder of over 25 firearm patents. Under his June 1862 contract, the Joslyn Fire Arms Company produced their first rimfire model carbine now designated as the “Model 1862”. Designed for field use with Federal horse soldiers, the Joslyn Carbine fired a standard Spencer rimfire cartridge of .52 caliber.
Approximately 3,500 Model 1862 carbines were made, 2,200 of which the U.S. Government purchased during the Civil War. They were widely issued to the Union cavalry units, including the 4th and 8th Indiana, 19th New York, 13th Tennessee, 9th Pennsylvania, 3rd West Virginia, 1st Nebraska, 2nd Wisconsin, 1st Nevada, and 11th Ohio. As a result of his success with the carbine, the federal government ordered 3,000 of his breech-loading actions in order to build the U.S. National armory made breech-loading rifles. These were made for the proprietary cartridge called the 50-60-450 Joslyn Rimfire. This pre-dates the Allin conversion and some of these 3,000 rifles are suspected to have been issued and used just before the end of the American Civil War.
The overall condition is good. Original finish/patina. The action is excellent. The bore is in good shape, reflective of light with strong rifling. The walnut stock shows lots of use and has a piece absent from the left side of the stock flat, the splintered portion of which has been smoothed from continued use and uniformly darkened with age. A good Civil War period carbine that has been there and done that.
Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.
Barrel is 22 inches.
Caliber: .52 Rimfire
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$2700
#226926
SOLD
Antique: Yes