Notes: Gallager carbines were issued to the 4th, 6th, and 8th Kentucky (U.S.) Cavalry Regiments starting in 1862, and were almost immediately condemned by the men issued them because of its poor design and construction. Operating lever broken and action jammed from rust. Chip in stock above lock mortise and next to nipple bolster fixed with a different type of wood tacked into place. Non-original iron strap hammer forged around barrel just in front of forend, and brazed in place. Rear sight and rear sight screw missing from barrel. Stock appears to have been made using a copying lathe. Stock is a replacement judging by lack of patchbox, although the buttplate still has the depression for the door of the patchbox. Lock mortise drilled for multiple screws, as though for replacement locks. 17,728 manufactured to Federal contracts between 18, removed from service after 1865.Ĭondition: Missing lock, lock screws and sling bar and ring. Manufacturer: Richardson & Overman, Philadelphia, PA. It was most likely after this mutilation that many of the screws and springs were taken from the rifle to fix other guns, and 1970.3.43 was thrown away to await Mr. 56 caliber, five shot cylinder would fit no other gun but another Colt Revolving Rifle – a relatively scarce gun even when they were in service. Considering its partially disassembled state it seems likely that an Appalachian gunsmith or tinkerer cut the frame with a saw in order to retrieve the cylinder – to what purpose is unknown – but then left it with the gun, perhaps after realizing that the. How it sustained its extensive damage is hard to say. The gun was perhaps then taken home by a returning member of that unit. Considering that it was one of several firearms picked up in Appalachian Kentucky by Silas Mason during his recruiting trips there, it is very likely that this gun was issued to a member of the 34th Kentucky Cavalry regiment, which guarded the Cumberland Gap through the latter half of the war. martial markings on it, it is known that many of the Colt Revolving Rifles issued and used during the Civil War were not so marked, so it is still entirely possible (though not definitively so) that this gun was one of several hundred issued to Kentucky (U.S.) cavalry regiments during the war. Manufacturer’s markings still visible on top strap and on left side of frame. Cleaning kit trap in buttstock is jammed open. Stock is broken at wrist with a large chunk of stock wood missing. Cylinder pin has been partially pulled leaving cylinder free to move end-to-end. Gun is partially disassembled – missing trigger, action springs and hammer screw. Front sling swivel missing and rear sling swivel mangled. 600 yard sight leaf broken off at hinge and missing. Missing forestock, barrel bands (which would have secured the forestock to the barrel) and cleaning rod. Manufacturer: Colt’s Manufacturing Company, Hartford, CT.Ĭondition: Frame broken through top and bottom straps, with the bottom strap crudely reforged (or possibly re-welded at a later date). Make/Model: Colt M1855 Military Revolving Rifle
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