1859 Enfield carbine

[kjohn]

This fell out of the sky yesterday. I'll post a few pics and gather up any info I can. It will be for sale in a week or two.

 

[JP]

Not a real carbine, just a cut-down rifle by Bubba's Great Grand-Father.

 

[kjohn]

Not a real carbine, just a cut-down rifle by Bubba's Great Grand-Father.

Yep Thanks for the input. I could see that from the first moment.

 

[bearhunter]

They're fun guns, as you know, to shoot.

I have one that's been cut down for "Cadets."

Instead of the proper front sight, it had a shotgun type "brass bead" front sight installed.

I've never shot it, because I believe it was intended for blanks?

It's been FTRed, and looks incredible. Makes a great conversation piece with people who enjoy them.

Whoever cut that rifle down, did a good job. May have been done by a cottage shop to fill a rural need? They even soldered the proper front sight in place.

 

[kjohn]

Yes, it was a nice job. I also noticed the piece of wood used to fill where the rod had gone into the stock was very nicely fitted. The tag that was attached had "commercial carbine" written on it, so I am assuming the previous owner, or whomever had written on the tag thought it to be a "sporter" of those days. I need to determine what caliber this carbine is. I haven't checked the bore or rifling yet.

My first ever "big rifle" was a newly done up Churchill Arms No.1 Mk3, monte carlo stock. I never have thought of that rifle as a bubba. I bought that rifle in 1965. Smoked a few deer with it.

 

[Arcosdad]

Beautiful rifle, oh my.

 

[antiqueguy]

Handy little snider.

 

[antiqueguy]

They're fun guns, as you know, to shoot.

I have one that's been cut down for "Cadets."

Instead of the proper front sight, it had a shotgun type "brass bead" front sight installed.

I've never shot it, because I believe it was intended for blanks?

It's been FTRed, and looks incredible. Makes a great conversation piece with people who enjoy them.

Whoever cut that rifle down, did a good job. May have been done by a cottage shop to fill a rural need? They even soldered the proper front sight in place.

Cadet carbines are generally safe as long as that bead doesn’t protrude into the bore and their no heavy pitting on the barrel or inside. Their just standard long rifles that were cut down for cadet use late 1800’s early 1900’s.