Carbine
- Object Name:
- Carbine
- Object ID:
- 1966.545.237
- Creator:
- Massachusetts Arms Company
Gunsmith - Place of Origin:
- Chicopee Falls, MA
- Date:
- 1857
- Description:
- Breech-loading, percussion cap carbine with octagonal-round rifled barrel (barrel length: 20.1", .50 caliber). Flat headed lever (located forward of trigger), when pushed upwards, disengages a metal restraining strap from a stud on breech frame, enabling the hinged barrel to drop down for loading. Barrel is octagonal for 6" from breech frame. Fixed front gunsight, elevating rear sight. Gun is half-stocked; barrel is fastened to stock by one band. Two sling swivels: one on underside of barrel band, on underside of butt stock. Iron furniture is browned: barrel, band, trigger guard, breech frame (which separates forestock from buttstock), hammer, S-curved butt plate with 1.75" tang.
MARKINGS: Right buttstock, "WH" carved, left breech frame, "Manufactured by Mass. Arms Co., Chicopee Falls", "Address - Poultney and Trimble, Baltimore, U.S.A.", "Smith's Patent, June 23, 1857". - Material:
- Wood
Metal - Dimensions:
- L-38.5 inches
- Provenance:
- From Horace W. Harmon Collection. Harmon catalog entry #237: "Carbine, War of Rebellion, supposed to have been used by Rebel Cav man. Presented by Mrs. Sarah Stillings. Smith's Pat. model 1857".
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Horace W. Harmon
- People:
- Harmon, Horace W. (1844-1911)
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