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Item No.:	10712	Price :	$3,995.00
Item :	EXCELLENT, CIVIL WAR 5TH MODEL BURNSIDE CAVALRY CARBINE, .54 CALIBER

Description :

Here is an original, Civil War 5th Model Burnside Cavalry Carbine manufactured by the Burnside Rifle Company of Providence, Rhode Island. This carbine was designed by Union General Ambrose E. Burnside prior to the war. The Burnside was the 3rd most used carbine of the Civil War, behind the Sharps and the Spencer. It was a .54 caliber, lever action, single shot, breech loader that used a tapered metallic cartridge. The 5th Model Burnside was the version produced and issued in he largest numbers, with about 43,000 produced from 1863-1865. Cavalry Regiments known to have used the Burnside were the 1st Michigan, the 3rd Indiana, the 5th, 6th, and 7th Ohio, the 1st New Jersey, the 3rd West Virginia, the 3rd, 14th, and 18th Pennsylvania, and the 2nd, 12th, 14th, and 16th Illinois. This carbine is in antique excellent condition, one of the finest I have seen in years. It retains about 95% of its factory blued and cased color finishes. There are a few tiny scratches in the finish and a small mottled area on the blued barrel. There are some tiny specks of patina overall. The case colors have faded a bit on the lock plate. The bore and mechanics are excellent. The stock is very fine with some small dings and dents from storage. There are two crisp inspector's cartouches on the left side of the wrist. This is an outstanding example of a 5th model Burnside Carbine, one of the true work horses of the Civil War. Stock no. 32255

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