Carbine
- Object Name:
- Carbine
- Object ID:
- 1975.543
- Place of Origin:
- England
- Date:
- 1820-1830
- Description:
- Muzzle-loading flintlock carbine, smoothbore, with round barrel. Ramrod is intact; attached to a swivel beneath the barrel. Barrel is fastened to stock by two keys. Gun is fully stocked. Fixed front and rear sights. All furniture is iron, all iron is browned: heavy barrel with two ornamental rings incised at breech; lockplate (borrowed from an 18th c. British weapon), nosecap, two ramrod pipes (forward pipe is funnel shaped, rear pipe is tubular in shape); trigger guard with blunt front end; side bar on left side of stock for attachment to shoulder belt hook; slightly curved butt plate with 3" tang.
Markings:two faint proof marks on left side of barrel; lockplate: forward of cock: "GR" below a crown; rear of cock: "Tower" is incised. - Material:
- Wood
Metal - Dimensions:
- L-35.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Found in Collection.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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