Original U.S. Civil War Smith's 1857 Patent Saddle Ring Carbine by Massachusetts Arms Co. - Serial 19270 Snider Rifles & Bayonets The production of the first

The production of the first British-made Oerlikon guns started in Ruislip

The Lock marked on the exterior only with a CROWN and 1861 / TOWER

and this is only the fourth example we have had

The condition of the cap is unissued and near mint

The carbine has an 18" barrel and a very good bright shiny bore

Original U.S. Civil War Smith's 1857 Patent Saddle Ring Carbine by Massachusetts Arms Co. - Serial 19270 Snider Rifles & Bayonets The production of the firstOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Smith Carbine was a 0. 50 caliber breech loading rifle patented by Gilbert Smith on June 23, 1857 and successfully completed the Military Trials of the late 1850s. It was used by various cavalry units during the American Civil War. It was unique in that it broke apart in the middle for loading, and that it used rubber cartridges which sealed the gases in the breech. The downside was that these cartridges were