US Model 1855 Pistol Carbine with Original Stock

American Civil War

.58 caliber. 12" barrel. SN: NSN. Bright finish, brass furniture, walnut stock. Single shot percussion muzzleloading pistol carbine with Maynard's patent automated priming lock and captive swivel ramrod. Lock marked U.S./SPRINGFIELD at the front and ated 1856 at the rear, with a {Spread-Winged American Eagle} on the primer magazine door. Breech with small V/P/{Eagle Head} inspection marks and dated 1855 under the rear sight. No cartouches are present on the counterpane. The rear of the butt cap has the batch mating number 2 on it. Retains the original folding leaf rear sight and musket style front sight, sling ring in butt and sling swivel on barrel band. The pistol carbine is accompanied an original detachable stock complete with the attachment yoke and swivel in the toe. These stocks are less often encountered than the pistol carbine itself. The top of the buttplate tang is marked US and the yoke has a partially legible batch mating number that may be 5. This gun is from the Collection of Charles Worman, co-author of the two volume set Firearms of the American West. The US Model 1855 Pistol Carbine was a European inspired idea that mated an overly long and ungainly handgun with a detachable stock, creating a poorly handling pistol or a short carbine with a wobbly stock. As such, the design was not particularly popular with the men they were issued to. Only 4,021 of these ungainly and relatively unpopular pistol carbines were produced at Springfield between 1855 and 1857 and today they are relatively scarce.

From the Collection of Charles Worman

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

Very good pistol, good buttstock. Bore good with strong rifling, moderate oxidation and some pitting. Metal with scattered oxidation and discoloration, some scattered surface roughness and some lightly scattered pitting. Markings in metal remain mostly clear and and crisp. Mechanically functional lock with complete and fully functional tape primer system. Pistol stock very good with scattered bumps, dings and mars, strong edges and the usual indentation where the detachable stock yoke mated with the grip. While the pistol stocks are often cracked or broken, this one is not. Buttstock about good with a repaired area at the toe with old nails and glue, most obvious on the reverse and much less noticeable on the obverse display side. Buttstock lightly sanded. Attachment mechanism has a weak spring and does not tightly attach to the pistol.

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US Model 1855 Pistol Carbine with Original Stock

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