Project Description
!!!!!SOLD!!!!! This is an antique 1/4 scale miniature British 1856 Enfield miner’s and sapper’s carbine by an unknown maker. 6 1/4″ long overall with a 3 1/2″ barrel. Blued finish steel parts. These were used by the South during the War of Northern Aggression. Brass butt toe and heal plates and brass triggerguard. Oil finished walnut stock. Captured swivel ramrod. Fully functional with half and full cock. Probably made in England, and possibly antique. Cased in a nice non-original oak hinged top casing with olive velour lining, French fit. There is a recess for a powder flask, but sadly it has been misplaced somewhere over the years. This exact piece pictured on mage 275 of the book “The Art of Miniature Firearms, Centuries of Craftsmanship”, and also featured in Imperial Russian Armory’s 1997 16 page color catalog. !!!!!SOLD!!!!!
