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Scarce Palmer Civil War .50 Cal Bolt Action Cavalry Carbine
Guns International #: 102998477 Seller's Inventory #: MM98-XX
Category: Civil War Carbines - Antique Rifles - Percussion
Seller's Information
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Seller: lope
Company: Hansen & Hansen Arms & Antiquities
Member Since: 1/28/11
State: Connecticut
Country: United States
Premium Seller
Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
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Payment Types Accepted: Credit Card, Bank Check, Money Order, Personal Check
About Us: We are Tom LoPiano and John R. (Jay) Hansen Jr. owners of Hansen & Hansen Arms & Antiquities. We specialize in fine and unusual collectible firearms and military items of all types and time periods. Modern firearms, Curio & Relic and antique. Civil War a specialty as well as German lugers. From flintlock arms and edged weapons of the Revolutionary war to arms manufactured in the present- we actively buy and sell all firearms related collectibles, documents and autographs, photographs, uniforms, old newspapers, collectible ammunition, swords, decoys, etc. Retail shop open to public for buyers as well as customers who wish to sell. Appraisals for estates conducted for a fee. Free verbal appraisals to all visitors.
Description:
Scarce Palmer Civil War .50 Cal Bolt Action Cavalry Carbine
Offered here for sale and just acquired is a superb conditioned original carbine made during the Civil War. The Palmer Carbine has the unique distinction of the being the first bolt-action, metallic cartridge firearm accepted for US military service, and in fact was first firearm of that style to be produced in any quantity anywhere in the world. William R. Palmer received US Patent #41,017 patent for the bolt-action design on December 22, 1863. This design was a single shot, bolt-action carbine with a simple and effective bolt locking system.
The Palmer design was initially tested by the US military in September and October of 1863. According to the testing officers, the most impressive feature of the design was its ability to automatically eject spent cartridges from the gun simply through the operation of the bolt. The Ordnance Department was sufficiently impressed with the testing to place an order for 1,000 of the carbines on June 20, 1864. As Palmer was unable to produce the carbines, he entered into an arrangement with E.G. Lamson & Company of Windsor, VT to produce the guns. Due to manufacturing delays, which resulted from the specified caliber change from .44RF to .50RF, the only Palmer carbine to be delivered prior to the end of the Civil War was a sample gun that had been delivered in May of 1864 in order to help secure the contract. The 1,000 contracted carbines were all delivered on June 15, 1865, some five weeks after General Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House.
The Palmer carbine, as delivered, was a single shot, metallic cartridge, bolt-action carbine, chambered in .50 Rimfire Government. The gun had a 20” round barrel and was 36” in overall length. A short sling bar with a sling ring was mounted on the flat opposite the lock. The guns were finished with browned barrels, not blued as many reference books note, and had color casehardened locks and hammers. Much of the iron furniture was, like the buttplate browned as well.
This particular Palmer Carbine appears to have seen light use. The gun is mechanically excellent, very crisp and retains about 60%+ of its original thinning browned finish on the barrel. The lock markings are very clear and striking. The lock of the carbine is crisply dated 1865 behind the hammer and in three lines forward of the hammer:
U.S.
E.G. LAMSON & CO
WINDSOR, VT.
The top of the receiver is marked in three lines:
WM PALMER
PATENT
DEC. 22, 1863
The stock, opposite the lock, is marked with a very crisp script MM cartouche, the mark of armory sub-inspector Miles Moulton. His MM marking in small block letters is also present on the top of the stock comb and on the left side of the barrel’s breech. Many of the smaller parts like the hammer, the buttplate tang, triggerguard, triggerguard tang are all marked with a sub-inspectors’ P mark. The carbine is mechanically excellent.
Overall, this is a really attractive, untouched, and unmolested rare example of the first military bolt action metallic cartridge arm to be accepted and ordered by the US military. Beyond the historical significance and influence of the design, the fact that only 1,001 were produced make the Palmer Carbine very scarce. This is one of those important “bookend” carbines that bridges the gap from the end of the American Civil War and starts the age of modern US military weapons. No advanced collection of US Civil War carbines or US bolt action martial arms is complete without one of these scarce and very attractive guns.
Thanks for your bid. Shipping for this item is $52 however final shipping amount is based upon geographical area. Handling is $15.00 for longarms only. We gladly accept money orders, bank checks and personal checks. Credit card orders (VISA AND MASTER CARD ONLY) charged 3.95% additional for use.
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Price: $2,800.00
Antique: Yes
Rifle Caliber: .50-70 Government, .50