Product Details
A GOOD AND EXCEPTIONALLY RARE .50/56 SPENCER (RIMFIRE) PALMER PATENT BOLT-ACTION CARBINE, MODEL '1865', no visible serial number
circa 1865 with 20in. round barrel, chambered for the Spencer rimfire cartridge, receiver top stamped 'WM. PALMER / PATENT / DEC. 22. 1863', fitted with leaf battle-sights and barleycorn fore-sight, iron mounted walnut half-stock with one barrel band, side-action lock stamped 'U.S. / E. G. LAMSON & CO. / WINDSOR, VT', and 1865 on the tail
Provenance: The bolt action mechanism utilized on this carbine was patented by William Palmer in 1863, and the patent rights purchased by E. G. Lamson & Co. who produced just 1001 for the U.S. Ordnance in 1865. They arrived to late for Civil War issue and were relegated to store until sold off as unissued surplus. The Palmer has the honour of being the first bolt action rifle acquired by the American military.
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Estimate £1,200-1,600
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament