Image Lot Price Description

490A.
$3,795.00

SPRINGFIELD MODEL 1855 PISTOL CARBINE WITH STOCK. Cal 58. Usual configuration with 12” oct to rnd bbl with small front sight and 2-leaf rear sight graduated to 400yds, usual markings on the lockplate with 1856 date. It has brass furniture with a captive rammer and sling loops on the band, butt of the pistol and toe of the stock. The pistol has assembly no. 2 on the butt and the stock has assembly no. 1 on the lower tang. The heel of the brass buttplate is stamped US. CONDITION: About good. No original finish remains, the iron being a silver-gray patina with scattered light pitting, heavy around the nipple. There is very fine pitting on the lockplate and primer cover. Stock has a crack through the wrist and another in front of the lockplate. Otherwise the wood retains most of an old refinish. Stock is sound with the wood retaining most of an old refinish. Strong bore with light pitting. 4-50504 JR294 (2,500-3,500)


Auction: Firearms - Spring 2004
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