scarce Burnside third model percussion carbine - $2250.00
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scarce Burnside third model breechloading percussion saddle ring carbine. Fewer made (1500 estimated) than the second model (2000 of this style made without a forearm). Flayderman 9B-044. Serial number 4724. Metal parts have a presentable smooth appearance with a coloration varying from light gray to medium brown. Stocks are good with an open-grained appearance, showing some expected marks from handling and use. Has a letter "T" stamped behind the lower frame tang in the style associated with "Captured and Collected" Confederate reissued firearms, see Steven W. Knott's book of the same name. Mechanically good, sold as a collector item only, not warranted safe to shoot.
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