Thomas Del Mar - Arms & Armour

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A .52 CALIBRE U.S. HALLS PATENT MODEL 1833
PERCUSSION BREECH-LOADING CAVALRY CARBINE, BY
SIMEON NORTH, DATED 1838
of standard production specifications, complete with its
combined ramrod bayonet (the steel parts cleaned and with
areas of pitting)
66.5cm; 26D in barrel
The 2nd U.S. Dragoons were armed with this carbine for
their initial service in Florida, it was later replaced by the
model 1836.
£600-800
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A .54 CALIBRE U.S. MODEL 1841 PERCUSSION RIFLE,
DATED 1850
of regulation specifications, with sighted barrel rifled with
seven grooves (the outer surface painted black), the lock
stamped with the date and New Haven arsenal inscription,
and with its brass-tipped steel ramrod, probably the
original
84cm; 33in
£350-450