Original U.S. Civil War Smith Patent Saddle Ring Carbine by American Machine Works - Serial No 8761 Category_Display Guns & Parts Sets Delbert Hlouchen

Delbert Hlouchen

whom he met at a high school graduation ceremony and subsequently wed in Winnsboro

barrel extension

On 15 March 1945

There are some small areas of plating loss and wear

Original U.S. Civil War Smith Patent Saddle Ring Carbine by American Machine Works - Serial No 8761 Category_Display Guns & Parts Sets Delbert HlouchenOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Smith Carbine was a 0. 50 caliber breech loading rifle patented by Gilbert Smith on June 23, 1857 and successfully completed the Military Trials of the late 1850s. It was used by various cavalry units during the American Civil War. It was unique in that it broke apart in the middle for loading, and that it used rubber cartridges which sealed the gases in the breech. The downside was that these cartridges were