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Lovely Ball Repeating Civil War Carbine by E.G. Lamson & Co.

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:2,800.00 USD Estimated At:NA
Lovely Ball Repeating Civil War Carbine by E.G. Lamson & Co.
50 RF, 22'' barrel with a bright excellent bore. The barrel of this handsome carbine retains about 95-96% original blue showing some scattered light handling marks and a bit of fine oxidation speckling scattered about. The action retains about 96-97% wonderful vibrant case-hardened colors with some areas along the right side and bottom metal taking on a pleasant mix of smoky and silvery case-hardened patina. The bands and buttplate all show lovely case-hardened colors as well and the remaining small parts retain fine brilliant fire blue. All markings remain intact and strong and the smooth walnut buttstock and forend remain in near excellent condition retaining essentially all of their original oil finish with just some sparsely scattered light dings, a few tiny flakes around the edges of the buttstock and a very minor tight drying crack forming at the upper tang. Stock fit is excellent and the buttstock retains a crisp inspector cartouche along the left side of the wrist. All proper hardware is intact, the lock is crisp and the action seems to function well mechanically. Essentially an improvement on the Spencer system, only 1002 of these carbines were made an accepted, though delivery was made just after the war officially ended. An excellent example for the antique arms or Civil War collector. (13C11678-33) {ANTIQUE} (4000/6000)