Gallager carbine

Description

It  is a nice, complete example of the Gallager breech loading cavalry carbine.

The Gallager carbine was produced in both a .50 caliber percussion version and a 56-52 Spencer Rim fire version. The guns were produced by the Philadelphia firm of Richardson & Overman. More than 17,700 of the carbines were produced, with approximately 5,000 of those chambered for the Spencer round.

The first set of markings at the tail of the lockplate reads

GALLAGER

PATENT xxxxxxx 1860

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