Original U.S. Civil War J.H. Merrill M1858 2nd Type Saddle Ring Breech Loading Cavalry Carbine - Serial 15909 Disallow PayPal & Amazon Checkout Printed Internet Regimental Research is

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while the cylinder arbor pin and loading rammer are marked with 0794

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so this is a rifle that saw long service and did not have the barrel properly cleaned

The back of the frog is dated 1915

Original U.S. Civil War J.H. Merrill M1858 2nd Type Saddle Ring Breech Loading Cavalry Carbine - Serial 15909 Disallow PayPal & Amazon Checkout Printed Internet Regimental Research isOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice single shot percussion breech loading Civil War Saddle Ring Carbine. As they use both a cap and a type of breech loaded cartridge, they are often referred to as "capping breech loaders". Somewhere around 14,500 were made by J. H. Merrill of Baltimore for the Union Cavalry, mostly between 1863 and 1865. The carbines were produced in two versions: First Type and Second Type. The First Type included