Dwight, Chapin, and Company Ballard Carbine

Description:

Dwight, Chapin, and Company Ballard Carbine, c. 1863, walnut stock and forend, frame marked on the right side BALLARD'S PATENT/NOV 5, 1861, and on the left side DWIGHT CHAPIN & CO./BRIDGEPORT, CONN/MERWIN & BRAY/AGT'S N.Y., with the government inspector's D mark, barrel lg. 22, overall lg. 38 in.
Estimate $300-500

A few dings in the stock, frame is bright and the barrel is a gray color.


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