Original U.S. Civil War Smith's Patent 1857 Saddle Ring Carbine by Mass. Arms Co. - Serial Number 13993 Antique Smith & Wessons From a Collection just acquired

From a Collection just acquired this is a magnificent Flintlock Pistol with Ball trigger and Ball Butt

You will see about them [the greater powers]

the French 75 could deliver fifteen rounds per minute on its target

I met a kid on the same flight

• Ability to carry a payload of 500kg (1

Original U.S. Civil War Smith's Patent 1857 Saddle Ring Carbine by Mass. Arms Co. - Serial Number 13993 Antique Smith & Wessons From a Collection just acquiredOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Smith Carbine was a 0. 50 caliber breech loading rifle patented by Gilbert Smith on June 23, 1857 and successfully completed the Military Trials of the late 1850s. It was used by various cavalry units during the American Civil War. It was unique in that it broke apart in the middle for loading, and that it used rubber cartridges which sealed the gases in the breech. The downside was that these cartridges were