Antique US SPRINGFIELD JOSLYN .50 Breech Loading Rifle Late Civil War Trial 1 of 3007; Scarce Rifle Manufactured in Early 1865

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Antique US SPRINGFIELD JOSLYN .50 Breech Loading Rifle Late Civil War Trial

1 of 3007; Scarce Rifle Manufactured in Early 1865

Here we present a Scarce Antique Springfield Armory made Joslyn Breech Loading Rifle, made circa early 1865 in Springfield, Massachusetts. Benjamin Franklin Joslyn was the inventor, holding over 25 firearms patents. Early in the Civil War, 8,000 cavalry carbines were purchased by the Union and they all saw service, being heavily allocated to cavalry regiments such as the 4^th and 8^th Indiana, 19^th New York, 13^th Tennessee, 9^th Pennsylvania, 3^rd West Virginia, 2^nd Wisconsin, 1^st Nebraska, 1^st Nevada and 11^th Ohio. As a result of his success with the carbine, the federal government ordered 3,000 of his breech-loading actions in order to build the U.S. National armory made breech-loading rifles. These were made for the proprietary cartridge called the 50-60-450 Joslyn Rimfire. This pre-dates the Allin conversion and some of these 3,007 rifles are suspected to have been issued and used just before the end of the American Civil War.

These Joslyn rifles were the first breech loading metallic cartridge rifles manufactured at a U.S. national armory. 3,007 were assembled in January to June of 1865 utilizing breech units supplied by the Joslyn Firearms Company. 1,600, were converted for the .50-70 Government cartridge and sold to the French during the Franco-Prussian War. This is one of the remaining 1407 left in its original state.

The overall condition is fine. Armory bright finish. The action is excellent. The bore is bright with sharp rifling. The stock is solid throughout and showing minor use. There are two dark wood inlays in the stock: a cross in the middle of the right side of the buttstock and a circular star at the top of the wrist. Numbers match. A very nice example of this rare US Trials rifle!

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Barrel is 35-1/2 inches.

Caliber: .50 Rimfire

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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$3600
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