The bore actually measures .575”. A swaged .570 ball rides a cushion of air to the breech when dropped in the muzzle.
This was built in the early 1860’s by Wales Carlton, a gunmaker in Woodstock, VT.
The action closely resembles that of a Smith carbine. The bore is VG with some pitting near the muzzle. I was able to load a string of PRB’s just fine. Little gun is pretty accurate. It does have a rear sight that is dovetailed into the barrel. Carlton used surplus/rejected US musket barrels when building this design. There is one other surviving example of this style of gun in the Terry Tyler collection at the Shelburne museum.
$750 plus shipping. Comes with a well fit hickory ramrod for loading.
46” OAL
30.25” bbl
14” LOP
6lb 4oz
This was built in the early 1860’s by Wales Carlton, a gunmaker in Woodstock, VT.
The action closely resembles that of a Smith carbine. The bore is VG with some pitting near the muzzle. I was able to load a string of PRB’s just fine. Little gun is pretty accurate. It does have a rear sight that is dovetailed into the barrel. Carlton used surplus/rejected US musket barrels when building this design. There is one other surviving example of this style of gun in the Terry Tyler collection at the Shelburne museum.
$750 plus shipping. Comes with a well fit hickory ramrod for loading.
46” OAL
30.25” bbl
14” LOP
6lb 4oz
