p53Enfield
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What a great collection. Thank You for sharing it with us. I am a lifelong Enfield collector and have never owned an Enfield Cavalry Carbine, so I have to say it is my favourite.
My Civil War Gun Collection.
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In the early 70's my Father and I shot the Starr D/A and the '58 Remington Army----at targets.
The Remington was more impressive than the Starr D/A.
I still have a supply of black powder and balls.
Today--- I am not inclined to shoot my Civil War guns.
I also collect Civil War swords---bayonets.
I love both of those revolvers; I kind of laugh at how so many praise the Remington for enabling a "quick-swap cylinder trick" where the Starr might have been just as intriguing as a break-top...
Amazing thread !
Wow some of the collections are incredible.
I have a Civil war Lee Firearms of Milwaukee Co. Single shot 41 or 44 carbine, gun is in what I call good decent condition but far from new . It's a rim fire, action opens to the side , not down like a hinge break, with ejector to extract the shell on the right side.Saddle ring on the left side.
I have seen this gun valued at 4 - 15 thousand dollars. I live out side Vancouver BC. I may be interested in selling this but am not interested really in shipping or exchange of thousands of dollars with out security.
Are you interested in this gun for your collection? I can e mail pics to serious interested folks.
I may part company with it given the proper offer.
Thanks. Stay safe out there.
Wow some of the collections are incredible.
I have a Civil war Lee Firearms of Milwaukee Co. Single shot 41 or 44 carbine, gun is in what I call good decent condition but far from new . It's a rim fire, action opens to the side , not down like a hinge break, with ejector to extract the shell on the right side.Saddle ring on the left side.
I have seen this gun valued at 4 - 15 thousand dollars. I live out side Vancouver BC. I may be interested in selling this but am not interested really in shipping or exchange of thousands of dollars with out security.
Are you interested in this gun for your collection? I can e mail pics to serious interested folks.
I may part company with it given the proper offer.
Thanks. Stay safe out there.
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I did a little research on the Lee Single Shot Carbine as I didn't know anything about them.
On September 7 2012 one sold on Rock Island Auction for $23,000.
This was the description.
Manufactured circa 1864 to 1865 by the Lee Firearms Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a very limited number produced. This carbine is one of the very few arms manufactured in the West during the Civil War and very little is recorded about the arm, but it is known that in late 1866 Lee completed 255 carbines, of which 102 were sold and that approximately 200 more were in various stages of near completion and a few hundred more in various stages of production. The U.S. War Department placed an order for 1,000 carbines in 1865 but a misunderstanding caused the entire lot to be rejected by the government because the barrels had the incorrect bore. Lee sub-contracted the barrels to Remington who bored them with the incorrect caliber. There is no record of any further manufacture of the carbine for that contract, it is assumed no others were manufactured. Sales were more than likely made privately to officers or state militia units. The left side of the barrel is marked "LEE'S FIREARMS CO. MILWAUKEE, WIS./PAT'D JULY 22, 1862". The serial number is marked on the top of the frame under the barrel. Blade front and two folding leaf rear sight with "1" on the shorter leaf and "3" and "5" on the longer leaf. There is a saddle ring bar and ring mounted on the left side of the frame. The barrel swings to the right for loading and unloading, with a manual extractor mounted on the right side. High polish blue barrel and frame with a casehardened hammer and buttplate, and mounted with a smooth straight grip walnut stock with a iron crescent buttplate and showing no noticeable markings.
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If you have some photos --you could send them to me---although I doubt that this carbine is for me.
Send me your email address by pm.
I did a little research on the Lee Single Shot Carbine as I didn't know anything about them.
On September 7 2012 one sold on Rock Island Auction for $23,000.
This was the description.
Manufactured circa 1864 to 1865 by the Lee Firearms Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a very limited number produced. This carbine is one of the very few arms manufactured in the West during the Civil War and very little is recorded about the arm, but it is known that in late 1866 Lee completed 255 carbines, of which 102 were sold and that approximately 200 more were in various stages of near completion and a few hundred more in various stages of production. The U.S. War Department placed an order for 1,000 carbines in 1865 but a misunderstanding caused the entire lot to be rejected by the government because the barrels had the incorrect bore. Lee sub-contracted the barrels to Remington who bored them with the incorrect caliber. There is no record of any further manufacture of the carbine for that contract, it is assumed no others were manufactured. Sales were more than likely made privately to officers or state militia units. The left side of the barrel is marked "LEE'S FIREARMS CO. MILWAUKEE, WIS./PAT'D JULY 22, 1862". The serial number is marked on the top of the frame under the barrel. Blade front and two folding leaf rear sight with "1" on the shorter leaf and "3" and "5" on the longer leaf. There is a saddle ring bar and ring mounted on the left side of the frame. The barrel swings to the right for loading and unloading, with a manual extractor mounted on the right side. High polish blue barrel and frame with a casehardened hammer and buttplate, and mounted with a smooth straight grip walnut stock with a iron crescent buttplate and showing no noticeable markings.
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If you have some photos --you could send them to me---although I doubt that this carbine is for me.
Send me your email address by pm.
curly top
I did a little research on the Lee Single Shot Carbine as I didn't know anything about them.
On September 7 2012 one sold on Rock Island Auction for $23,000.
This was the description.
Manufactured circa 1864 to 1865 by the Lee Firearms Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a very limited number produced. This carbine is one of the very few arms manufactured in the West during the Civil War and very little is recorded about the arm, but it is known that in late 1866 Lee completed 255 carbines, of which 102 were sold and that approximately 200 more were in various stages of near completion and a few hundred more in various stages of production. The U.S. War Department placed an order for 1,000 carbines in 1865 but a misunderstanding caused the entire lot to be rejected by the government because the barrels had the incorrect bore. Lee sub-contracted the barrels to Remington who bored them with the incorrect caliber. There is no record of any further manufacture of the carbine for that contract, it is assumed no others were manufactured. Sales were more than likely made privately to officers or state militia units. The left side of the barrel is marked "LEE'S FIREARMS CO. MILWAUKEE, WIS./PAT'D JULY 22, 1862". The serial number is marked on the top of the frame under the barrel. Blade front and two folding leaf rear sight with "1" on the shorter leaf and "3" and "5" on the longer leaf. There is a saddle ring bar and ring mounted on the left side of the frame. The barrel swings to the right for loading and unloading, with a manual extractor mounted on the right side. High polish blue barrel and frame with a casehardened hammer and buttplate, and mounted with a smooth straight grip walnut stock with a iron crescent buttplate and showing no noticeable markings.
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If you have some photos --you could send them to me---although I doubt that this carbine is for me.
Send me your email address by pm.
Thanks for your research . I had read this before and YES that is the Same gun I have. Always wondered, was it a Buffalo gun? Or...... Used in war? This answers that. Crazy. Very cool Old relic, mine is original, never modified or refinished.
Have to laugh at the Canadian Government, they said it was a 45/70.......NOT. Stupid old days of our registry. The few experts I've contacted say it's likely a 44, possibly a 41 cal.
Need to find the right guy, after that go on my DALL SHEEP hunt. Haha
Again thanks for your part of search
