CIVIL WAR BURNSIDE CARBINE.

SN 37733/37809. This is an honest and complete example of the standard 5th model Burnside carbine from the Greene Museum. This gun conforms to other 5th model 1864 manufactured guns with 21″ bbl, about 39″ overall. Markings are all discernible as can be seen in photos. This gun was designed by the Civil War General Ambrose Burnside. Cartridge this carbine used was one of the most unique of the Civil War being an “ice cream cone” shaped brass casing though this was still a percussion arm. PROVENANCE: Greene Museum of Southern History. CONDITION: Good to very good overall. SNs on frame and breech are about 80 numbers apart. Stocks are sound and solid with inspector’s cartouches discernible in outline only. Metal on gun overall shows old cleaning, pitting and staining. Mechanically gun functions and bore retains well defined rifling though pitted. 4-54251 JS306 (2,000-3,000) – Lot 3227

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2014

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	3227	$1,725.00	CIVIL WAR BURNSIDE CARBINE. SN 37733/37809. This is an honest and complete example of the standard 5th model Burnside carbine from the Greene Museum. This gun conforms to other 5th model 1864 manufactured guns with 21″ bbl, about 39″ overall. Markings are all discernible as can be seen in photos. This gun was designed by the Civil War General Ambrose Burnside. Cartridge this carbine used was one of the most unique of the Civil War being an “ice cream cone” shaped brass casing though this was still a percussion arm. PROVENANCE: Greene Museum of Southern History. CONDITION: Good to very good overall. SNs on frame and breech are about 80 numbers apart. Stocks are sound and solid with inspector’s cartouches discernible in outline only. Metal on gun overall shows old cleaning, pitting and staining. Mechanically gun functions and bore retains well defined rifling though pitted. 4-54251 JS306 (2,000-3,000) – Lot 3227 Auction: Firearms - Fall 2014 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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CIVIL WAR BURNSIDE CARBINE.