CONFEDERATE “CAPTURED AND COLLECTED” 5TH MODEL BURNSIDE CARBINE

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Confederate “Captured and Collected” 5th Model Burnside Carbine. .54 cal. percussion single shot cavalry weapon produced by the Burnside Rifle Co. in Providence, Rhode Island. General Ambrose Burnside, was an official in the company before the war but was not involved in wartime development of the weapon. Approximately 43,000 carbines of this model were produced, serial numbers were reset to zero and run to around 43,000 overall. This model represented only modest improvements over the earlier models, most notably being the placement of a guide screw on the right side in the middle of the receiver, this improvement facilitated smoother operation during loading.

Standard features include an iron buttplate, single iron barrel band with band spring, double iron trigger guard/loading lever, hinged leaf-sight, single sling swivel on underside, and a chamber tapered for unique Burnside metal cartridge.

The maker’s marks typically found on top of frame, “BURNSIDE’S PATENT / MODEL OF 1864” are visible. A worn “CAST STEEL 1864” is on the top of the barrel. Serial number 6035 appears on the top of the barrel breech and on the top of the receiver. Barrel length is 20 inches. All gun metal is mostly a brown color with scattered patches of brighter highlights. Bore is clean with scattered light pitting and good rifling. There is one area of darker staining forward of the forearm.

Bore is VF, bright and deep rifling. Fore stock and stock both show original raised grain finish. Mechanically perfect. Two cartouches are visible on the left side and a “Z” inspection stamp is found on the underside of the stock between the rear swivel and the trigger guard tang. All of these marks are especially nice. One of the best “Z’s” we have seen.

The “Z” is associated with Captain Louis Zimmer, who supervised Confederate Ordnance cleaning and repair operations at Richmond from late 1864 to early 1865. Confederate ordnance teams and civilians collected some 200,000 firearms, along with perhaps another 50,000 turned in by CS units, that went through the cleaning and repair system of the Confederate Ordnance Department before inspection and reissue. Most of these guns came from eastern battlefields that Confederate victories left accessible and the repair work was concentrated at facilities at Danville, Staunton, Lynchburg, and Richmond.

The majority of captured and collected seem to have gone through the cleaning and repairing process with little to no evidence of any major work. We do see on occasion some interesting traits which we can attribute to the processes involved. We see parts repaired that are clearly from another model or maker and on occasion a stock that was made by the CS Ordnance Department. It is a remarkable story and fully told in Capt. Steven W. Knott, USN {Ret}’s book, Captured and Collected – Confederate Reissued Firearms (available on our web site).  [ss] [ph:L]

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