RARE TRANSITION COSMOPOLITAN TO GWYN & CAMPBELL MONKEY TAIL TYPE I CIVIL WAR CARBINE

RARE TRANSITION COSMOPOLITAN TO GWYN & CAMPBELL MONKEY TAIL TYPE I CIVIL WAR CARBINE SN 10. Cal. 52. Standard configuration with 20” oct to rnd bbl, pinched blade front sight with long base ladder rear sight. Left side of box-like receiver has a staple & ring with right side having a long lockplate with serpentine shaped hammer. Lever is long & serpentine shaped with a bayonet type lever catch in rear loop. Mounted with straight grain, uncheckered American walnut buttstock without forearm and has a semi-crescent buttplate. About 4,200 of this type carbine were produced for the Union Army. The Gwyn & Campbell is simply a continuation of its predecessor, the Cosmopolitan carbine, owned by same two men and made in same factory. There is no indication that they were retained after Civil War & used in Indian Wars. This very gun is an extremely rare transition example from the Cosmopolitan to Gwyn & Campbell. Only a few are known. This exact gun is pictured on pg 47 of Tom Rentschler’s book of Cosmoplitan & Gwyn & Campbell carbines. CONDITION: Good, all matching. No orig finish remains being a thin gray/brown patina with moderate pitting in front of nipple on bbl and on top of breech block. Stock is sound with a couple of minor dings and retains most of an old applied oil finish. Mechanics are fine, strong bright bore with some minor roughness in grooves. 4-32811(6,000-7,500)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2007

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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	1456	$0.00	RARE TRANSITION COSMOPOLITAN TO GWYN & CAMPBELL MONKEY TAIL TYPE I CIVIL WAR CARBINE SN 10. Cal. 52. Standard configuration with 20” oct to rnd bbl, pinched blade front sight with long base ladder rear sight. Left side of box-like receiver has a staple & ring with right side having a long lockplate with serpentine shaped hammer. Lever is long & serpentine shaped with a bayonet type lever catch in rear loop. Mounted with straight grain, uncheckered American walnut buttstock without forearm and has a semi-crescent buttplate. About 4,200 of this type carbine were produced for the Union Army. The Gwyn & Campbell is simply a continuation of its predecessor, the Cosmopolitan carbine, owned by same two men and made in same factory. There is no indication that they were retained after Civil War & used in Indian Wars. This very gun is an extremely rare transition example from the Cosmopolitan to Gwyn & Campbell. Only a few are known. This exact gun is pictured on pg 47 of Tom Rentschler’s book of Cosmoplitan & Gwyn & Campbell carbines. CONDITION: Good, all matching. No orig finish remains being a thin gray/brown patina with moderate pitting in front of nipple on bbl and on top of breech block. Stock is sound with a couple of minor dings and retains most of an old applied oil finish. Mechanics are fine, strong bright bore with some minor roughness in grooves. 4-32811(6,000-7,500) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2007 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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