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THBGwyn & Campbell Civil War Carbine
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6270 Este Ave.
Cincinnati , OH 45232
United States
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About Auction
LiveMay 3, 2017 - May 5, 2017
Cowan's Auctions dawnie@cowans.com
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- Lot Description
.52 caliber, 20" octagonal-to-round barrel, S/N 2563. Matching numbers on bottom of barrel, frame, breech block and lever. Final production version of the Gwyn & Campbell (Union Rifle) carbine, which evolved from the earlier Cosmopolitan carbine. About 8,200 manufactured circa 1863-1864. Falling breech percussion single-shot with sing bar, produced with blued barrels, case hardened frames and walnut stocks. Retains correct late pattern short base rear sight, front sight, sling bar and ring.
Fair to good. Metal void of finish with a mottled dark gray over silvery gray patina, showing significant age discoloration and surface oxidation, including some light pitting and surface roughness. Frame with welded repairs near cone seat and on the bottom of the frame, as well as some tool marks on the frame and barrel. Mechanically functional, but the mainspring feels weak and the hammer will not hold at half-cock. Breech lever and block function correctly. Good bore that is partly bright with decent rifling. Stock good with two visible cartouches on reverse wrist. A decent example of one of the secondary US cavalry breech loading carbines from the Civil War era that certainly "saw the elephant."Condition
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