RARE NEW HAVEN ARMS 25″ VOLCANIC CARBINE.

RARE NEW HAVEN ARMS 25″ VOLCANIC CARBINE. SN 3052. Cal. 41. Fine Volcanic carbine with 25″ oct bbl, integral magazine and German silver front sight. Orig rear sight with wheel elevation adjustment is in a dovetail on top flat of receiver. Receiver & sideplates are made of gun metal brass and it is mounted with an uncheckered straight grain American walnut stock with crescent brass buttplate. Serial number was noted on left side of lower tang under the wood and inside both sideplates. Right side of lower tang under the wood is stamped with assembly number “328” which number is also stamped on heel of buttstock, under buttplate tang and inside buttplate tang. Both action links are stamped with assembly number as are all three stock screws and both buttplate screws. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms only about 1,000 of these rare carbines were produced in three bbl lengths in the period 1857-1860. The 25″ length is considered to be the most rare of all. CONDITION: Very good to fine. The bbl retains traces of plummy blue/brown in the side gullets and on magazine tube. Bbl is mostly a blue/gray patina. Receiver & sideplates are a smooth medium mustard patina with strong sharp edges and no damages to the top edges of sideplates. Stock is sound with three or four small bruises and scattered light nicks & scratches and retains most of its orig bright factory varnish. Buttplate is a dark mustard patina. Lever screw threads in right sideplate are stripped and the top tang lower screw is chipped. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-42257 JR133 (15,000-25,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2011

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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	2009	$43,125.00	RARE NEW HAVEN ARMS 25″ VOLCANIC CARBINE. SN 3052. Cal. 41. Fine Volcanic carbine with 25″ oct bbl, integral magazine and German silver front sight. Orig rear sight with wheel elevation adjustment is in a dovetail on top flat of receiver. Receiver & sideplates are made of gun metal brass and it is mounted with an uncheckered straight grain American walnut stock with crescent brass buttplate. Serial number was noted on left side of lower tang under the wood and inside both sideplates. Right side of lower tang under the wood is stamped with assembly number “328” which number is also stamped on heel of buttstock, under buttplate tang and inside buttplate tang. Both action links are stamped with assembly number as are all three stock screws and both buttplate screws. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms only about 1,000 of these rare carbines were produced in three bbl lengths in the period 1857-1860. The 25″ length is considered to be the most rare of all. CONDITION: Very good to fine. The bbl retains traces of plummy blue/brown in the side gullets and on magazine tube. Bbl is mostly a blue/gray patina. Receiver & sideplates are a smooth medium mustard patina with strong sharp edges and no damages to the top edges of sideplates. Stock is sound with three or four small bruises and scattered light nicks & scratches and retains most of its orig bright factory varnish. Buttplate is a dark mustard patina. Lever screw threads in right sideplate are stripped and the top tang lower screw is chipped. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-42257 JR133 (15,000-25,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2011 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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