SCARCE REMINGTON TYPE 2 SPLIT BREECH SADDLE RING CARBINE.

SCARCE REMINGTON TYPE 2 SPLIT BREECH SADDLE RING CARBINE. SN NONE. Cal. 50 RF. Rare carbine with 20″ round barrel, pinched blade front sight and 2-position 500 yard carbine flip rear sight. Receiver has a sling bar & ring on left side with 2-line Remington address & patent numbers on top tang. Mounted with nicely figured, slab sawed, uncheckered American walnut with tapered carbine forearm secured with a single band and a screw with spring keeper for the band. Buttstock has a carbine/musket-style smooth steel buttplate with “US” on top tang and small inspector initials that appear to be “DAS” on the comb. The split breech designation generates from the design of the breech block which is similar to the succeeding Rolling Block but with two knurled protruding ears over the topof the reciever and the hammer mounted in the center. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms the U.S. contracted for 15,000 of these carbines in Oct. 1864 but the first delivery wasn’t until Sept. 1865 and final delivery in May 1866. In 1870 the U.S. Gov’t sold the majority of these carbines back to Remington who promptly resold them to France where they were used in the Franco-Prussian War. This carbine was made without the sling swivels on the bbl band and buttstock. Apparently very few of these rare carbines remained in the United States and few have been re-imported and are seldom encountered today. PROVENANCE: Bruce M. Cady Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very good. Bbl retains traces of orig blue around front sight being mostly a smooth mottled blue-gray patina with a couple of small spots of rust and a scrape or two from where the bbl band was removed. All other metal is mostly a silver/gray patina with traces of case colors on breech block. Forearm has a crack on bottom at rear edge, otherwise wood is sound with normal nicks & dings and retains a dark hand worn patina. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. 4-36924 JR233 (3,000-5,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2010

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
	2126	$3,737.50	SCARCE REMINGTON TYPE 2 SPLIT BREECH SADDLE RING CARBINE. SN NONE. Cal. 50 RF. Rare carbine with 20″ round barrel, pinched blade front sight and 2-position 500 yard carbine flip rear sight. Receiver has a sling bar & ring on left side with 2-line Remington address & patent numbers on top tang. Mounted with nicely figured, slab sawed, uncheckered American walnut with tapered carbine forearm secured with a single band and a screw with spring keeper for the band. Buttstock has a carbine/musket-style smooth steel buttplate with “US” on top tang and small inspector initials that appear to be “DAS” on the comb. The split breech designation generates from the design of the breech block which is similar to the succeeding Rolling Block but with two knurled protruding ears over the topof the reciever and the hammer mounted in the center. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms the U.S. contracted for 15,000 of these carbines in Oct. 1864 but the first delivery wasn’t until Sept. 1865 and final delivery in May 1866. In 1870 the U.S. Gov’t sold the majority of these carbines back to Remington who promptly resold them to France where they were used in the Franco-Prussian War. This carbine was made without the sling swivels on the bbl band and buttstock. Apparently very few of these rare carbines remained in the United States and few have been re-imported and are seldom encountered today. PROVENANCE: Bruce M. Cady Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very good. Bbl retains traces of orig blue around front sight being mostly a smooth mottled blue-gray patina with a couple of small spots of rust and a scrape or two from where the bbl band was removed. All other metal is mostly a silver/gray patina with traces of case colors on breech block. Forearm has a crack on bottom at rear edge, otherwise wood is sound with normal nicks & dings and retains a dark hand worn patina. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. 4-36924 JR233 (3,000-5,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2010 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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