Image Lot Price Description

1263
$6,900.00

LINDNER CIVIL WAR CARBINE. Cal. 54. 20″ rnd bbl. Marked on top of the breechblock “EDWARD LINDNER’S / PATENT. / MARCH 29.1859.” There is no marking on the lockplate. This is the first contract of which only 892 were made, 391 were issued to the First Michigan Cavalry and 501 to the 8th West Virginia Mounted Infantry. They are thought to have been made by Amoskeag Manufacturing Company of Manchester, New Hampshire. CONDITION: Smooth gray patina with scattered light surface rust. Stock has normal handling marks and has been repaired opposite the lockplate. Mechanically good. Troy Collection 4-52087 FS288 (5,000-6,000)


Auction: Firearms - Fall 2004
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