The Model 1864 is identified by its knob type pull-out latch for the breechblock and protected firing pin. The Joslyn Fire Arms Company manufactured approximately 16.500 1862 and 1864 carbines. It is single shot, 52 caliber with a 22” round barrel held by a single band. All the mountings were brass and the barrels were blued. The lock plate was casehardened and marked “JOSLYN FIRE ARMS Co / STONINGTON/ CONN/1864.”. The top of the breech was stamped “B.F. JOSLYN’S PATENT / OCTOBER  8^TH 1861 / JUNE 1862 and the serial number. It is also stamped on the tang. The stock is made from walnut and is cartouche across from the lock plates.

Offered is serial number 5817. All metal has an even gun metal gray patina throughout. Stock show use with dings and scratches and initials 'WI' carved into the wood. Cartouche is very faint. Bore is bright and the rifling is good. Action is mechanically fine.

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