TRANSITION COSMOPOLITAN TO GWYN & CAMPBELL MONKEY TAIL TYPE I CIVIL WAR CARBINE SN 10. Cal. 52. Standard configuration with 20” oct to rnd bbl, pinched blade front sight with long base ladder rear sight. Left side of box-like receiver has a staple & ring with right side having a long lockplate with serpentine shaped hammer. Lever is long & serpentine shaped with a bayonet type lever catch in rear loop. Mounted with straight grain, uncheckered American walnut buttstock without forearm and has a semi-crescent buttplate. About 4,200 of this type carbine were produced for the Union Army. The Gwyn & Campbell is simply a continuation of its predecessor, the Cosmopolitan carbine, owned by same two men and made in same factory. There is no indication that they were retained after Civil War & used in Indian Wars. This very gun is an extremely rare transition example from the Cosmopolitan to Gwyn & Campbell. Only a few are known. This exact gun is pictured on pg 47 of Tom Rentschler's book of Cosmoplitan & Gwyn & Campbell carbines. CONDITION: Good, all matching. No orig finish remains being a thin gray/brown patina with moderate pitting in front of nipple on bbl and on top of breech block. Stock is sound with a couple of minor dings and retains most of an old applied oil finish. Mechanics are fine, strong bright bore with some minor roughness in grooves. 4-32811(6,000-7,500)
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