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627
$1,725.00

CIVIL WAR JOSLYN CARBINE. Cal. 50 RF. SN 2498. Standard carbine with 22″ rnd bbl, pinch blade front sight and 2-leaf 3-position flip rear sight. It has standard breechblock & lockplate markings. It is mounted in a nicely figured 1-pc stock with brass bbl band, buttplate & trigger guard. There is a sling bar & ring on the left flat. The left flat also has a mostly legible cartouche and there are small inspector initials on the various parts. The breechblock is numbered to another carbine, #2465 and is the early type without shrouded firing pin. CONDITION: Very good to fine. Bbl retains 65-70% thin orig blue turning silver in spots with light surface discoloration and some scattered rust. Breechblock, hammer & lockplate are a mottled silver color. Stock is sound with usual handling & use marks and a gouge and bruise or two and retains most of a restored oil finish. Good mechanics, very bright shiny bore with a spot or two of rust. 4-54444 JR102 (1,500-2,500)


Auction: Firearms - Spring 2005
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