US Model 1855 Springfield Carbine
American Civil War
.54 caliber. 22" barrel. NSN. Bright finish, iron furniture, brass nose cap, walnut stock. Single shot percussion muzzleloading rifled carbine with leaf rear sight missing from the dovetail, M1855 rifle pattern front sight blade, sling ring on rear bow of triggerguard, three position tumbler and captive swivel ramrod. Standard Springfield lock markings, dated 1855. No visible markings on barrel, no visible cartouches. The very rare US Model 1855 carbine was the only member of the US M1855 family of arms not to be equipped with the Maynard tape priming system. Only 1,022 of these guns were produced during the calendar year 1855 at Springfield Armory and surviving examples are very scarce. A hard used and well worn, but very rare carbine missing from many advanced Civil War era carbine collections. {ANTIQUE}

Fair to Good. Bore fair, moderately pitted with decent rifling. Metal lightly cleaned to bright with scattered patches of surface oxidation, roughness and light pitting. Markings legible on lock, not visible on barrel or stock. Mechanically functional lock. Missing rear sight. Wood well worn with rounded edges from an old sanding, numerous bumps, dings and mars, some tight grain cracks around the lock mortise and shallow chipped loss from the counterpane.