For sale is a Pietta Smith Carbine single-shot black powder rifle in .50 Cal. Serial number- 3628. This rifle looks to have been manufactured in 1997. Manufactured by Massachusetts Arms Company of Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, the American Machine Works in Springfield, Massachusetts, or the American Arms Company in Chicopee Falls, and distributed by Poultney & Trimble of Baltimore, Maryland, the Smith carbine was a .50 caliber breech-loading rifle patented by Gilbert Smith on June 23, 1857, and successfully completed the Military Trials of the late 1850s. Various cavalry units used it during the American Civil War. The Smith Carbine was unique in that it broke apart in the middle for loading and it used rubber cartridges, which sealed the gases in the breech. The downside was that these cartridges were difficult to remove. All Smiths were issued to cavalry units but modern collectors often refer to early versions as artillery models. The Smith’s Patent Carbine, a single shot, breech-loading, percussion .50 caliber, was one of the most important Federal Cavalry carbines of the Civil War. Production of these carbines was almost entirely consumed by government contracts. A total of approximately 30,362 Smith Carbines were purchased by the United States during the Civil War. A nice representative cavalry arm of the Civil War.
V1-B3
Barrel Length: 21
Bore condition: Good
Year Manufactured: 1997