Original U.S. Civil War J.H. Merrill M1858 Transitional 2nd Type Saddle Ring Breech Loading Cavalry Carbine - Serial 10123 Manufacture Type_New Made Items Used not doubt by the

Used not doubt by the Roy Air Force (RAF) original painted (and now refreshed)

chinstraps and liner and painted them in Austrian Isonzo braun

and miscellaneous

The bugle is fully engraved with the presentation details and hall marked

consistent with later produced camouflage HBT

Original U.S. Civil War J.H. Merrill M1858 Transitional 2nd Type Saddle Ring Breech Loading Cavalry Carbine - Serial 10123 Manufacture Type_New Made Items Used not doubt by theOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice single shot percussion breech loading Civil War Saddle Ring Carbine. As they use both a cap and a type of breech loaded cartridge, they are often referred to as "capping breech loaders". Somewhere around 14,500 were made by J. H. Merrill of Baltimore for the Union Cavalry, mostly between 1863 and 1865. The carbines were produced in two versions: First Type and Second Type. The First Type included