![]() ![]() Serial number normally appears three times, on the top of the breech, top of the receiver, and bottom of the barrel. Marks on top of frame BURNSIDE PATENT / MARCH 25, 1856. Manufactured by Burnside Rifle Co., Providence, Rhode Island, General Ambrose Burnside, was an official in the company before the war but was not involved in wartime development of the weapon. ![]() This model employed the single hinged loading lever. Burnside produced about 2,000 carbines of this model, serial numbers run approximately from about 300 to 2,300, marked with 1861 date on the barrel and with 1856 patent date on the frame, also known as 2nd model, however this is a collector term of convenience and not a contemporary designation. 54cal.ěurnside carbine employed an unusual cone shaped metal cartridge for use in a percussion system. Ridgeway Reference Library, Civil War plates and bucklesĪ virtual examination of artifacts of the American Civil Warīreechloader, Burnside single shot percussion carbine, 1856 patent date, lever not hinged, no forearm, 2nd model. ![]()
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